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    The document discusses the switch statement in C programming. It explains that a switch statement allows executing different blocks of code based on the value of a single variable. A switch statement contains case labels that specify the values to check for and the code to execute if a match is found. If no case matches, the default code block runs. Break statements are optional and determine whether code execution falls through to subsequent cases. The document provides examples and discusses rules, syntax, and advantages of switch statements.

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    The document discusses the switch statement in C programming. It explains that a switch statement allows executing different blocks of code based on the value of a single variable. A switch statement contains case labels that specify the values to check for and the code to execute if a match is found. If no case matches, the default code block runs. Break statements are optional and determine whether code execution falls through to subsequent cases. The document provides examples and discusses rules, syntax, and advantages of switch statements.

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    PRESENTATION TITLE

    C Switch Statement
    • The switch statement in C is an alternate to if-else-if ladder statement which
    allows us to execute multiple operations for the different possibles values of a
    single variable called switch variable.
    • Here, We can define various statements in the multiple cases for the different
    values of a single variable.

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    PRESENTATION TITLE

    switch(expression){
    case value1:
    //code to be executed;
    break; //optional
    case value2:
    //code to be executed;
    break; //optional
    ......

    default:
    code to be executed if all cases are not matched;
    }
    2
    PRESENTATION TITLE

    Rules for switch statement in C language

    1) The switch expression must be of an integer or character type.

    2) The case value must be an integer or character constant.

    3) The case value can be used only inside the switch statement.

    4) The break statement in switch case is not must. It is optional. If there is no break statement found in
    the case, all the cases will be executed present after the matched case. It is known as fall through the
    state of C switch statement.
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    PRESENTATION TITLE
    #include<stdio.h>
    int main(){
    int number=0;
    printf("enter a number:");
    scanf("%d",&number);
    switch(number){
    case 10:
    printf("number is equals to 10");
    break;
    case 50:
    printf("number is equal to 50");
    break;
    case 100:
    printf("number is equal to 100");
    break;
    default:
    printf("number is not equal to 10, 50 or 100");
    }
    return 0;
    4 }
    PRESENTATION TITLE

    How switch Statement Work?


    The working of the switch statement in C is as follows:
    1.Step 1: The switch variable is evaluated.
    2.Step 2: The evaluated value is matched against all the present cases.
    3.Step 3A: If the matching case value is found, the associated code is executed.
    4.Step 3B: If the matching code is not found, then the default case is executed if present.
    5.Step 4A: If the break keyword is present in the case, then program control breaks out of the
    switch statement.
    6.Step 4B: If the break keyword is not present, then all the cases after the matching case are
    executed.
    7.Step 5: Statements after the switch statement are executed.
    5 We can also understand the working of the switch statement in C using the flowchart.
    PRESENTATION TITLE

    Flowchart of Switch
    Statement

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    Break in switch case

    This keyword is used to stop the execution inside a switch block. It helps to terminate the

    switch block and break out of it. When a break statement is reached, the switch

    terminates, and the flow of control jumps to the next line following the switch statement.

    The break statement is optional. If omitted, execution will continue on into the next

    case. The flow of control will fall through to subsequent cases until a break is reached.

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    PRESENTATION TITLE // C Program to demonstrate the behaviour of switch case
    // without break
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {

    int var = 2;
    Output
    // switch case without break
    switch (var) { Case 2 is executed.
    case 1:
    printf("Case 1 is executed.\n"); Case 3 is executed.Case 4 is executed.
    case 2:
    printf("Case 2 is executed.\n");
    case 3:
    printf("Case 3 is executed.");
    case 4:
    printf("Case 4 is executed.");
    }
    8 return 0;
    }
    PRESENTATION TITLE

    Default in switch case

    The default keyword is used to specify the set of statements to execute if there is no case

    match.

    It is optional to use the default keyword in a switch case. Even if the switch case statement

    does not have a default statement, it would run without any problem.

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    Important Points About Switch Case Statements

    1. Switch expression should result in a constant value


    If the expression provided in the switch statement does not result in a constant value, it would not be
    valid. Some valid expressions for switch case will be,

    //constant expressions allowed


    switch(1+2+23)
    switch(1*2+3%4)

    // Variable expression are allowed provided


    // they are assigned with fixed values
    switch(a*b+c*d)
    switch(a+b+c)
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    PRESENTATION TITLE

    2. Expression value should be only of int or char type.


    The switch statement can only evaluate the integer or character value. So the switch expression
    should return the values of type int or char only.
    3. Case Values must be Unique
    In the C switch statement, duplicate case values are not allowed.
    3. Nesting of switch Statements
    Nesting of switch statements is allowed, which means you can have switch statements inside
    another switch. However nested switch statements should be avoided as it makes the program more
    complex and less readable.

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    // C program to print the day using switch
    PRESENTATION TITLE #include <stdio.h>

    // Driver Code case 5:


    int main() printf("Thursday");
    { break;
    int day = 2; case 6:
    printf("Thursday");
    printf("The day with number %d is ", day); break;
    switch (day) { case 7:
    case 1: printf("Thursday");
    printf("Monday"); break;
    break; default:
    case 2: printf("Invalid Input");
    printf("Tuesday"); break;
    break; }
    case 3: return 0;
    printf("Wednesday"); }
    break;
    case 4:
    printf("Thursday");
    12 break;
    PRESENTATION TITLE

    Advantages of C switch Statement

    1.Easier to read than if else if.

    2.Easier to debug and maintain for a large number of conditions.

    3.Faster execution speed.

    Disadvantages of C switch Statement

    4.Switch case can only evaluate int or char type.

    5.No support for logical expressions.

    6.Have to keep in mind to add a break in every case.


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    THANK YOU

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