.NET for Java Developers: Migrating to C#

9.5. The switch Statement

The switch statement is a control statement that handles multiple selections by passing control to one of the case statements within its body. The switch statement takes this form:

switch (expression)
{
  case constant-expression:
    statement
    jump-statement
  default:
    statement
    jump-statement]
}

where

• expression is an integral or string type expression.

• statement is the embedded statement(s) to be executed if control is transferred to the case or the default.

• jump-statement transfers control out of the case body.

• constant-expression is the value that causes control to be transferred to a specific case.

Control is transferred to the case statement whose constant-expression matches expression. The switch statement can include ...