{"id":4233,"date":"2024-03-13T08:10:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-purpose-of-default-in-c\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:03:52","slug":"what-is-the-purpose-of-default-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-purpose-of-default-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"C++ Default Keyword: Purpose and Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C++, the default keyword is commonly used in the switch statement as the default label. It signifies that when the value of the expression in the switch statement does not match any case labels, the code block following the default label is executed. This provides a default handling branch for the switch statement to handle unmatched cases.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num = <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">switch<\/span> (num) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5904\u7406num\u4e3a1\u7684\u60c5\u51b5<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5904\u7406num\u4e3a2\u7684\u60c5\u51b5<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">default<\/span>:\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5904\u7406\u5176\u4ed6\u60c5\u51b5<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, if the value of num is not 1 or 2, then the code block after the default label will be executed. 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