Switch Statement

Question

About this code:

int day = 3;

switch(day) {
case 1:
System.out.println("Monday");
break;
case 2:
System.out.println("Tuesday");
break;
case 3:
System.out.println("Wednesday");
break;
}
// Outputs "Wednesday"

I tried to delete "break" on the second the third case, but the result is still Wednesday. Why ?

You said: If no break appears, the flow of control will fall through to subsequent cases until a break is reached.

What should I do to make appear Monday or Tuesday ?

Answer 1

The output's "Wednesday" because the variable "day" has been initialised with value '3'. To get output as :
"Monday" --> set value of "day" as '1'
"Tuesday" --> set value of "day" as '2'

Happy Coding!

Answer 2

because the lack of a break is only noticeable after a case has been executed, only then does it do everything until it encounters a break. if there is no break on the second one, that doesn't matter, it won't even execute case 2 because "day" is still 3