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Switch Statements in Scala

Switch Statements in Scala

Learn about Match statements that are used in place of Switch statements in Scala.

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Match is switch on steroids

You can use the match statement much like a switch statement. Check out the following code for an example of the syntax:

Scala
object Main {
   
      def main(args: Array[String]) {
         println(wordFor(1));
      }
      // method containing match keyword
      def wordFor(number:Int) = number match {
         case 1 => "one"
         case 2 => "two"
         case 3 => "three"
         case _ => "unknown"
      }
}

There’s no need for a return or break keyword because the match statement actually returns whatever value is returned from the matched case ...