Switch Statement

Switch statement compares one object to a bunch of other cases, these cases must be constant at compiler-time and look like:

switch object {
	case case_1:
		/*
		Code
		*/
		break;
	case case_2: // Follow-through
		/*
		Code
		*/
	case case_3:
		/*
		Code
		*/
		break;
	default:
		assert(false);
}

If the case does not have a break then it will continue to the following cases until it sees a break. This is called follow through.

In general, switch statements are cleaner and faster than [[If-Else Statement|if-else statements]], but as mentioned before they cannot handle dynamic cases.

See Also

1. [[Control Flow]]
2. [[computer-science]]