Javascript Switch Case

The objective of a switch statement is to give an expression to evaluate and several different statements to execute based   on   the   value   of   the   expression.   The   interpreter   checks each case against the value of the expression until a match is found. If nothing matches, a default condition will be used.

switch(expression)
{
  case condition 1:
      statement(s)
      break;
  case condition 2:
      statement(s)
      break;
      ..........
 case condition n:
      statement(s)
      break;
      default: statements(s)

}




The break statements indicate the end of a particular case.



<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var grade='A';
document.write("Entering switch block<br />");
switch (grade)
{
case 'A': document.write("Good job<br />");
break;
case 'B': document.write("Pretty good<br />");
break;
case 'C': document.write("Passed<br />");
break;
case 'D': document.write("Not so good<br />");
break;
 
case 'F': document.write("Failed<br />"); 
break;
default: document.write("Unknown grade<br />")
}
document.write("Exiting switch block");
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>


Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h2>JavaScript switch</h2>

<p id="switch"></p>

<script>
var day;
switch (new Date().getDay()) {
  case 0:
    day = "Sunday";
    break;
  case 1:
    day = "Monday";
    break;
  case 2:
    day = "Tuesday";
    break;
  case 3:
    day = "Wednesday";
    break;
  case 4:
    day = "Thursday";
    break;
  case 5:
    day = "Friday";
    break;
  case  6:
    day = "Saturday";
}
document.getElementById("switch").innerHTML = "Today is " + day;
</script>

</body>
</html>

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