Re: switch on String?

Brad,

Java doen't allow switch statements on an Object, onyl
primitives. Unfortunatly this meens that you must use
the old if else standby


--- "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
wrote:
> Is there an equivalent switch statment that can be
> used on a string?
> 
> Something like:
> 
> switch(string)
> {
>   case "X": blah; break;
>   case "Z": blahblah; break;
> }
> 
> Seems it requires int.  Javascript doesn't.  ;)
> 
> Brad
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Eric Merritt
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