{"id":27570,"date":"2024-03-16T08:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-does-switch-mean-in-the-c-programming-language\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:21:26","slug":"what-does-switch-mean-in-the-c-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-does-switch-mean-in-the-c-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"What does &#8220;switch&#8221; mean in the C programming language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the C programming language, a switch statement is used as a conditional statement to execute different code blocks based on different cases. Its syntax is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">switch<\/span> (expression) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> constant1:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ code block<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> constant2:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ code block<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n    ...\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">default<\/span>:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ code block<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The expression is evaluated to compare its value with the constants following each case. If a constant&#8217;s value matches that of the expression, the corresponding code block is executed. If there is no match, the default keyword can be used to execute the default code block. 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