The syntax of a switch case statement is the following:

switch (variable) {
case c1:
statements // they are executed if variable == c1
break;
case c2:
statements // they are executed if variable == c2
break;
case c3:
case c4:
statements // they are executed if variable == any of the above c's
break;
...
default:
statements // they are executed if none of the above case is satisfied
break;
}
. Example of switch case

03 public class SwitchCaseExample {

04 public static void main(String[] args) {
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grading('A');
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grading('C');
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grading('E');
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grading('G');
10 }
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12 public static void grading(char grade) {
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int success;
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switch (grade) {
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case 'A':
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System.out.println("Excellent grade");
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success = 1;
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break;
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case 'B':
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System.out.println("Very good grade");

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success = 1;
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break;
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case 'C':
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System.out.println("Good grade");
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success = 1;
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break;
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case 'D':
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case 'E':
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case 'F':
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System.out.println("Low grade");
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success = 0;
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break;
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default:
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System.out.println("Invalid grade");
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success = -1;
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break;
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}
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passTheCourse(success);
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42 }
43
44 public static void passTheCourse(int success) {
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switch (success) {
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case -1:
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System.out.println("No result");
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break;
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case 0:
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System.out.println("Final result: Fail");
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break;
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case 1:
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System.out.println("Final result: Success");
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break;
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default:
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System.out.println("Unknown result");
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break;
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}
59
60 }
61
62 }
In the above code we can see two switch case statements, one using char as data
type of the expression of the switch keyword and one using int .

Output:
Excellent grade

Final result: Success

Good grade
Final result: Success
Low grade
Final result: Fail
Invalid grade
No result
Below is the equivalent of the switch case statement in the
method passTheCourse() using if..then..else :
1 if (success == -1) {
2
System.out.println("No result");
3 } else if (success == 0) {
4 System.out.println("Final result: Fail");
5 } else if (success == 1) {
6 System.out.println("Final result: Success");
7 } else {
8 System.out.println("Unknown result");
9}

Example of switch case using String

03 public class StringSwitchCase {
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public static void main (String [] arg)
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{
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switch(island) {
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case "Corfu":
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System.out.println("User wants to visit Corfu");
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break;

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case "Crete":
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System.out.println("User wants to visit Crete");
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break;
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case "Santorini":
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System.out.println("User wants to visit Santorini");
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break;
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case "Mykonos":
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System.out.println("User wants to visit Mykonos");
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break;
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default:
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System.out.println("Unknown Island");
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break;
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}
31 }
32
33 }
If we run the above code, we will have the following result:

Output:
User wants to visit Santorini
User wants to visit Crete
Unknown Island