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C Switch Case Statement
The Switch Statement
C provides the switch multiple-selection statement to handle such decision making.
The switch statement consists of a series of case labels, an optional default case and statements to execute for each case.
// Counting letter grades with switch
#include <stdio.h>
// function main begins program execution
int main(void)
{
int grade; // one grade
unsigned int aCount = 0; // number of As
unsigned int bCount = 0; // number of Bs
unsigned int cCount = 0; // number of Cs
unsigned int dCount = 0; // number of Ds
unsigned int fCount = 0; // number of Fs
puts("Enter the letter grades.");
puts("Enter the EOF character to end input.");
// loop until user types end-of-file key sequence
while ((grade = getchar()) != "EOF") {
// determine which grade was input
switch (grade) { // switch nested in while
case 'A': // grade was uppercase A
case 'a': // or lowercase a
++aCount; // increment aCount
break; // necessary to exit switch
case 'B': // grade was uppercase B
case 'b': // or lowercase b
++bCount; // increment bCount
break; // exit switch
case 'C': // grade was uppercase C
case 'c': // or lowercase c
++cCount; // increment cCount
break; // exit switch
case 'D': // grade was uppercase D
case 'd': // or lowercase d
++dCount; // increment dCount
break; // exit switch
case 'F': // grade was uppercase F
case 'f': // or lowercase f
++fCount; // increment fCount
break; // exit switch
case '\n': // ignore newlines,
case '\t': // tabs,
case ' ': // and spaces in input
break; // exit switch
default: // catch all other characters
printf("%s", "Incorrect letter grade entered.");
puts(" Enter a new grade.");
break; // optional; will exit switch anyway
} // end switch
} // end while
// output summary of results
puts("\nTotals for each letter grade are:");
printf("A: %u\n", aCount); // display number of A grades
printf("B: %u\n", bCount); // display number of B grades
printf("C: %u\n", cCount); // display number of C grades
printf("D: %u\n", dCount); // display number of D grades
printf("F: %u\n", fCount); // display number of F grades
} // end function main
Output:
Enter the letter grades.
Enter the EOF character to end input.
a
b
BAf
C
E
Incorrect letter grade entered. Enter a new grade.
A
D
^Z end program
Totals for each letter grade are:
A: 3
B: 3
C: 1
D: 1
F: 1
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