What Is Switch Statement?

Switch statements are like the game Battleship. You have to hit your target if you want to win. In this case, you're not playing against your opponent; you're playing against the computer. You have to ensure your code is targeting the correct statement list based on the value of your switch expression. A switch statement, in C#, is a selection statement that allows for the transfer of program control to a statement list with a switch label corresponding to the value of the switch expression. The switch expression can be any integer or character expression, and it must evaluate to an integral type (char, short, int, long, or byte). The cases are evaluated in order until one of them evaluates to be true. When one evaluates to true, execution jumps to the statement list associated with that case label. If none are true, and there is no default case, execution jumps past the entire switch statement. You know what they say: to stay on top of your game, you must have a good switch statement. What is a switch statement? It's a control statement that executes a logic based on a comparison between a controlling expression and the labels specified in the switch block. This type of statement helps in allowing the value of a variable or expression to select the code block for execution from a list of candidates representing the possibilities. Switch statements are beneficial when you need to decide based on certain conditions. For example, let's say there's this guy named Joe who works at an ice cream shop. He likes his job but gets bored sometimes, so he has to keep himself entertained. He figures out that if he does something fun like play around with customers, people may think he's excited and want to buy more ice cream, which will make him happy because it means more money! but, how does Joe know when someone wants to buy more? Well, if they ask him what flavors they can get, then that means they want more ice cream.