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anonymousperson
8,573 Points1 Question on Conditionals- Switch
My question remains on the switch case, I know it is basically switch(enter the var_name you want to compare) case (value you wanted to put to compare with): and break; 1stly, can the case been put of a variable instead of a value. I tried but can't. I check the documentation it says that it can only accept integer value, from what i know a char is not integer but how could a letter be int, and be accepted? And why in the case if the variable is integer type, why can't we put it into the case?
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Guillaume Maka
Courses Plus Student 10,224 Pointsa char is a single character, so
char a = 'ac'; // 'a' contain the last character -> 'c'
// To make a string, you need to declare an array of char
char[] a = 'ac';
anonymousperson
8,573 Pointsanonymousperson
8,573 PointsI have tried in the int a = 'b', I have figure out maybe somehow a letter can be interpreted as number, my question is how does computer determine which letter is which number? My second question as well is why when we char a = 'ac', it will be consider the value as c?