A simple example of a switch statement.

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package ch5;
//A simple example of the switch.
public class SampleSwitch {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		for(int i=0; i<6; i++)
		      switch(i) {
		        case 0:
		          System.out.println("i is zero.");
		          break;
		        case 1:
		          System.out.println("i is one.");
		          break;
		        case 2:
		          System.out.println("i is two.");
		          break;
		        case 3:
		          System.out.println("i is three.");
		          break;
		        default:
		          System.out.println("i is greater than 3.");
		         
		      }

	}

}