/************************************************************************** * * Purpose: Program to demonstrate the 'switch/case' structure. * Method: Prog looks at the number of parameters passed to it and * tells the user how many its got. * Author: M J Leslie * Date: 09-Apr-94 * **************************************************************************/ main(int argc, char *argv[]) { switch (argc) /* Switch evaluates an expression (argc) */ { /* If expression resolves to 1, jump here */ case 1: puts("Only the command was entered."); break; /* break - cases the execution to jump out of the 'switch' block. */ /* If expression resolves to 2, jump here */ case 2: puts("Command plus one parm entered"); break; /* If expression resolves to 3, jump here */ case 3: puts("Command plus two parm entered"); break; /* Any other value jumps here. */ default: printf("Command plus %d parms entered\n", argc-1); break; } }