❮ Java Keywords
Example
int day = 4;
switch (day) {
case 1: System.out.println("Monday");
break;
case 2: System.out.println("Tuesday");
break;
case 3: System.out.println("Wednesday");
break;
case 4: System.out.println("Thursday");
break;
case 5: System.out.println("Friday");
break;
case 6: System.out.println("Saturday");
break;
case 7: System.out.println("Sunday");
break;
}
// Outputs "Thursday" (day 4)Definition and Usage
The switch keyword selects one of many code blocks to be executed.
From the example above, it works like this:
- The switch expression is evaluated once.
- The value of the expression is compared with the values of each case .
- If there is a match, the associated block of code is executed.
- The break keyword is used to break out of the switch block when a match is found
Related Pages
Read more about the switch statement in our Java Switch Tutorial .
❮ Java Keywords