SELECTIONS - Introduction to Java Programming: Comprehensive Version - page 102

pig rat

0: monkey
1: rooster
2: dog
3: pig
4: rat
5: ox
6: tiger
7: rabbit
8: dragon
9: snake
10: horse
11: sheep

ox

dog

tiger

rooster

year % 12 =

rabbit

monkey

dragon

sheep

snake

horse

F IGURE 3.6

The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve-year cycle.

L ISTING 3.9

ChineseZodiac.java
1 import java.util.Scanner;
2
3 public class ChineseZodiac {
4 public static void main(String[] args) {
5 Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
6
7 System.out.print( "Enter a year: " );
8 int year = input.nextInt(); enter year

9
10 switch (year % 12 ) { determine Zodiac sign

11 case 0 : System.out.println( "monkey" ); break ;

12 case 1 : System.out.println( "rooster" ); break ;

13 case 2 : System.out.println( "dog" ); break ;

14 case 3 : System.out.println( "pig" ); break ;

15 case 4 : System.out.println( "rat" ); break ;

16 case 5 : System.out.println( "ox" ); break ;

17 case 6 : System.out.println( "tiger" ); break ;

18 case 7 : System.out.println( "rabbit" ); break ;

19 case 8 : System.out.println( "dragon" ); break ;

20 case 9 : System.out.println( "snake" ); break ;

21 case 10 : System.out.println( "horse" ); break ;

22 case 11 : System.out.println( "sheep" );

23 }
24 }
25 }

Enter a year: 1963
rabbit

Enter a year: 1877
ox

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What data types are required for a switch variable? If the keyword break is not
used after a case is processed, what is the next statement to be executed? Can you
convert a switch statement to an equivalent if statement, or vice versa? What are
the advantages of using a switch statement?

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