?
switch
statement
Nested
if
and else
statements can be used to choose
between any number of options.
But, using nested statements is sometimes awkward.
This chapter discusses two
other statements that choose between
several options.
Neither of these two statements
does anything that can't be done
with if
s and else
s.
But they are sometimes useful,
and you will need to know them to understand
programs written by other programmers.
Some programmers avoid using these statements. Neither statement is used in the AP Computer Science test. This entire chapter may be skipped. These statements are not used in the chapters that follow.