Java examples for Language Basics:switch
Use a switch statement for the conversion
public class Main { public static void main(String[] arguments) { long num = 0; char firstChar = 'a'; char secondChar = 'i'; switch (firstChar) { case 'o': num = 1L;/*from w w w .j av a 2 s. co m*/ break; case 't': if (secondChar == 'w') num = 2L; if (secondChar == 'h') num = 3L; if (secondChar == 'e') num = 10L; break; case 'f': if (secondChar == 'o') num = 4L; if (secondChar == 'i') num = 5L; break; case 's': if (secondChar == 'i') num = 6L; if (secondChar == 'e') num = 7L; break; case 'e': if (secondChar == 'i') num = 8L; break; case 'n': num = 9L; } System.out.println("The number is " + num); } }