Re: switch on String?

From my Java book (day five):

Switch only works with byte, char, short and int: you can't use it with
objects (i.e.: String); you should use <nested> if instead.

Claudio Gaiardi


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
To: <JAVA400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:36 PM
Subject: switch on String?


> 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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