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phpswitch-statement
user188962
user188962

Reputation:

Is there any "Else Case" in the switch function to use?

A switch statement consists of "cases"...

But is there any "else" case for all other cases?

Have never found the answer to this...

ex:

 switch ($var){
   case "x":
       do stuff;
   break;
   case "y":
       do stuff;
   break;
   else: // THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE
       do stuff;
   break;
 }

Upvotes: 17

Views: 36404

Answers (3)

Sebastian Mach
Sebastian Mach

Reputation: 39089

As the others said. Not though that default might also be at the beginning or somewhere wildly in the middle:

switch (foo) 
{
case 0:  break;
default: break;
case 1:  break;
};

Surely you should not do this if not justified.

Upvotes: 1

Daniel May
Daniel May

Reputation: 8226

default:
       do stuff;
break;

Typically the default clause should be at the very end of your other case clauses for general readability.

You may also want to reformat your break statements in your code to look like this:

 switch ($var){
   case "x":  // if $var == "x"
       do stuff;
       break;
   case "y":  // if $var == "y"
       do stuff;
       break;
   default:  // if $var != "x" && != "y"
       do stuff;
       break;
 }

Extra information on the switch statement available here and here.

Upvotes: 41

Simon
Simon

Reputation: 5247

As Dan said but in complete form if it helps...

switch ($var) {
    case "x":
        // do stuff
        break;
    case "y":
        // do stuff
        break;
    default:
        // do "else" stuff...
}

Upvotes: 3

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