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switch-case statement (case statement)
subject			fact

switch-case statement	is a synonym of case statement
	can be avoided by using polymorphism
	can omit the keyword default and the default statements if they are not needed
	has example int month; switch (month) { case 1: System.out.println("January"); break; case 2: System.out.println("February"); break; case 3: System.out.println("March"); break; default: System.out.println("Not January, February or March" }
	has purpose to execute one of a choice of statements depending on the value of a variable
	has syntax switch(integer producing expression) { case integer constant 1: // statements to execute for integer 1 break; case integer constant 2: // statements to execute for integer 2 break; ... default: // statements to execute if none of the above is true break; }
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is a kind of decision making statement
	is a kind of decision making statement
statement	is terminated by a semicolon
	should be not more than one line long if possible
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional