+1 atul
If a matching label is found, execution proceeds from there. Control then
passes down through all remaining labels within the switch statement.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:28 PM, atul anand <atul.87fri...@gmail.com> wrote:

> case 1: , case 2 : , case 3 , case 4 .......etc etc are just labels...
> so switch(x) just jumps to that case x and then move downward. so if you
> dont use break..it will keep checking following cases.
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:14 PM, adarsh kumar <algog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Doubt, very trivial though:
>> #include<stdio.h>
>> int main()
>> {
>>     int x=3;
>>     switch(x)
>>     {
>>      case 1:
>>             x=1;
>>             break;
>>      case 2:
>>             x=2;
>>             break;
>>      case 3:
>>             x=3;
>>             break;
>>      default:
>>              x=0;
>>              break;
>>      case 4:
>>             x=4;
>>             break;
>>     }
>> printf("%d",x)
>>     return 0;
>> }
>> gives an output of 3. But,
>> #include<stdio.h>
>> using namespace std;
>> int main()
>> {
>>     int x=3;
>>     switch(x)
>>     {
>>      case 1:
>>             x=1;
>>      case 2:
>>             x=2;
>>      case 3:
>>             x=3;
>>      default:
>>              x=0;
>>      case 4:
>>             x=4;
>>     }
>>    printf("%d",x);
>>     getch();
>>     return 0;
>> }
>> gives an output of 4.
>> My doubt is, in spite of the missing break statements in the second case,
>> how will it enter case 4, as it should check if x=4 before doing that,
>> which is not true.
>>
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