C Primer Plus®, Third Edition

Summary: Multiple Choice with switch

Keyword

The keyword for the switch statement is switch.

General Comments

Program control jumps to the statement bearing the value of expression as a label. Program flow then proceeds through the remaining statements unless redirected again. Both expression and labels must have integer values (type char is included), and the labels must be constants or expressions formed solely from constants. If no label matches the expression value, control goes to the statement labeled default, if present. Otherwise, control passes to the next statement following the switch statement. After control goes to a particular label, all the subsequent statements in the switch are executed until the end of the switch, or a break ...