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The switch and with Statements

The switch and with Statements

In this lesson, you will have an overview of all flow-control statements provided by the JavaScript language.

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The switch statement

As an alternative to compound if statements, JavaScript defines the switch statement.

Illustration

Here is the concept explained in the form of an illustration:

Syntax #

The switch statement has the following syntax:

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switch (expression) {
    case value1:
        statement
        break;
    case value2:
        statement
        break;
        // "case" can be repeated 
    case valueN:
        statement
        break;
    default:
        statement
}

The expression is evaluated, and its value is checked against values in case branches. If the value equals the ...