Switch on String value - Java Language Basics

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Description

Switch on String value

Demo Code

public class StringSwitchDemo {

    public static int getMonthNumber(String month) {

        int monthNumber = 0;

        if (month == null) {
            return monthNumber;
        }/* w  w  w  .j a v a 2s  . c  om*/

        switch (month.toLowerCase()) {
        case "january":
            monthNumber = 1;
            break;
        case "february":
            monthNumber = 2;
            break;
        case "march":
            monthNumber = 3;
            break;
        case "april":
            monthNumber = 4;
            break;
        case "may":
            monthNumber = 5;
            break;
        case "june":
            monthNumber = 6;
            break;
        case "july":
            monthNumber = 7;
            break;
        case "august":
            monthNumber = 8;
            break;
        case "september":
            monthNumber = 9;
            break;
        case "october":
            monthNumber = 10;
            break;
        case "november":
            monthNumber = 11;
            break;
        case "december":
            monthNumber = 12;
            break;
        default:
            monthNumber = 0;
            break;
        }

        return monthNumber;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String month = "August";

        int returnedMonthNumber = StringSwitchDemo.getMonthNumber(month);

        if (returnedMonthNumber == 0) {
            System.out.println("Invalid month");
        } else {
            System.out.println(returnedMonthNumber);
        }
    }
}

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