Java switch statement multiple cases

Question

Just trying to figure out how to use many multiple cases for a Java switch statement. Here\'s an example of what I\'m trying to do:

switch (variable)
{
    c         


        

Answer 1

One alternative instead of using hard-coded values could be using range mappings on the the switch statement instead:

private static final int RANGE_5_100 = 1;
private static final int RANGE_101_1000 = 2;
private static final int RANGE_1001_10000 = 3;

public boolean handleRanges(int n) {
    int rangeCode = getRangeCode(n);
    switch (rangeCode) {
        case RANGE_5_100: // doSomething();
        case RANGE_101_1000: // doSomething();
        case RANGE_1001_10000: // doSomething();
        default: // invalid range
    }
}

private int getRangeCode(int n) {
    if (n >= 5 && n <= 100) {
        return RANGE_5_100;
    } else if (n >= 101 && n <= 1000) {
        return RANGE_101_1000;
    } else if (n >= 1001 && n <= 10000) {
        return RANGE_1001_10000;
    }

    return -1;
}