Question

Explain switch case and if-else ladder with example. 

Answer 1

Switch Case :-
A switch statement allows a variable to be tested for equality against a list of values. Each value is called a case, and the variable being switched on is checked for each switch case.

Example :

Code :
// Following is a simple program to demonstrate syntax of switch.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 2;
switch (x)
{
case 1: printf("Choice is 1");
break;
case 2: printf("Choice is 2");
break;
case 3: printf("Choice is 3");
break;
default: printf("Choice other than 1, 2 and 3");
break;
}
return 0;
}

Output : 

Choice is 2 

If-else ladder :-
The if else ladder statement in C programming language is used to test set of conditions in sequence. An if condition is tested only when all previous if conditions in if-else ladder is false. If any of the conditional expression evaluates to true, then it will execute the corresponding code block and exits whole if-else ladder.
Example :

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int a;
printf(“Enter a number : “);
scanf(“%d”,&a);
if(a > 0)
{
printf(“\nThe number is positive “);
}
else if(a<0)
{
printf(“\n The number is negative”);
}
else
{
printf(“Number is zero”);
}
getch();
}

Output :
Enter a number : 25
The number is positive.