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case
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
case expression: statement(s)
Parameters
Any expression.
expression
statement(s)
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Statement; defines a condition for the
parameter of the
expression
execute statements in the
end of the
switch
If you use the
case
doesn't compile.
Note: You should always end the statement(s) parameter with a break statement. If you omit the
break statement from the statement(s) parameter, it continues executing with the next case
statement instead of exiting the switch statement.
Example
The following example defines conditions for the switch statement
equals the expression in the case statement, the statement executes.
var thisMonth:Number = new Date().getMonth();
switch (thisMonth) {
case 0 :
trace("January");
break;
case 1 :
trace("February");
break;
case 5 :
case 6 :
case 7 :
trace("Some summer month");
break;
case 8 :
trace("September");
break;
default :
trace("some other month");
}
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Any statement or sequence of statements.
switch
statement using strict equality (
switch
statement(s)
statement.
statement outside a
statement. If the
parameter until it encounters a
statement, it produces an error and the script
switch
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parameter equals the
expression
), then Flash Player will
===
statement or the
break
. If
thisMonth thisMonth