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Switch (string)

can you have a switch having a string as it's value

18th Apr 2017, 7:26 PM
samuel manuel
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Of course, you can do this: switch (<string variable>) { case "anything": <statement> } At least in java and c i believe you can.
18th Apr 2017, 7:51 PM
José Pereira
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i think it is not possible in C the only types you can use are int and char
18th Apr 2017, 8:03 PM
Walid Boudebouda
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You're right, forgot about that. But tecnically a char pointer is a string since it's kept on a read-only zone in the memory so perhaps it's possible.
18th Apr 2017, 8:07 PM
José Pereira
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