Is It Possible To Do The Following In A Switch Statement - C++?

Question

I am a programming student in my second OOP class, and I have a simple question that I have not been able to find the answer to on the internet, if it's out there, I apologize.

My question is this:

Is it possible have Boolean conditions in switch statements?

Example:

switch(userInputtedInt)
{
    case >= someNum && <= someOtherNum
    break;
    // Is this possible?
}

Answer 1

No this is not possible in C++. Switch statements only support integers and characters (they will be replaced by their ASCII values) for matches. If you need a complex boolean condition then you should use an if / else block

Answer 2

As others have said you can't implement this directly as you are trying to do because C++ syntax doesn't allow it. But you can do this:

switch( userInputtedInt )
{
  // case 0-3 inclusve
  case 0 :
  case 1 :
  case 2 :
  case 3 :
    // do something for cases 0, 1, 2 & 3
    break;

  case 4 :
  case 5 :
    // do something for cases 4 & 5
    break;
}