why isn't character switch working for ' v ' and ' | '?

test.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class test {
	
	public test(String file) throws Exception {
	// fields
	BufferedReader input;
	int scale, width, length, bombs;

	// constructor - creates graph from input file
		String line;
		char ch;

		// read input file, if exists, throw an exception if it doesn't exist
		try {
			input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			throw new Exception("Error: Input file doesn't exist!");
		}

		// take the first 4 integer values from input
		scale = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
		width = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
		length = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
		bombs = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());

		// get next line
		line = input.readLine();

		// loop through remaining lines of file
		while (line != null) {
			// get characters in the line
			for (int j = 0; j < line.length(); j++) {

				// if character is even, it is a node
				ch = line.charAt(j);
				if (j % 2 == 0) {
					System.out.println("character even and is: " + ch);
					switch (ch) {
					case 's':
						System.out.println("s test worked");
						break;
					case 'e':
						System.out.println("e test worked");
						break;
					case 'o': // increase the node count
						break;
					}
				}

				// else character is odd, it is an edge
				else {
					System.out.println("character odd and is: " + ch);
					System.out.println(ch == 'v');
					System.out.println(ch == '|');
					switch (ch) {
					// horizontal wall
					case 'h':
						System.out.println("h test worked");
						break;
					// horizontal hall
					case '-':
						System.out.println("- test worked");
						break;
					// vertical wall
					case 'v':
						System.out.println("v test worked");
						break;
					// vertical hall
					case '|':
						System.out.println("| test worked");
						break;
					// unbreakable wall
					case ' ': // don't do anything
						break;
					}
				}
			}
			line = input.readLine();
		}
	}
	
	public static void main (String [] args) throws Exception {
		test test = new test("test.txt");
	}
}

test.txt

50
5
3
0
s-o o-o-o
| v v | v
o-o-o-oho
v |   v |
o-o-o-e-o