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// _Switch statements_ express conditionals across many
// branches.
package main
import "fmt"
import "time"
func main() {
// Here's a basic `switch`.
i := 2
fmt.Print("write ", i, " as ")
switch i {
case 1:
fmt.Println("one")
case 2:
fmt.Println("two")
case 3:
fmt.Println("three")
}
// You can use commas to separate multiple expressions
// in the same `case` statement. We use the optional
// `default` case in this example as well.
switch time.Now().Weekday() {
case time.Saturday, time.Sunday:
fmt.Println("it's the weekend")
default:
fmt.Println("it's a weekday")
}
// `switch` without an expression is an alternate way
// to express if/else logic. Here we also show how the
// `case` expressions can be non-constants.
t := time.Now()
switch {
case t.Hour() < 12:
fmt.Println("it's before noon")
default:
fmt.Println("it's after noon")
}
// A type `switch` compares types instead of values. You
// can use this to discover the the type of an interface
// value. In this example, the variable `t` will have the
// type corresponding to its clause.
whatAmI := func(i interface{}) string {
switch t := i.(type) {
case bool:
return "I am a bool"
case int:
return "I am an int"
default:
return fmt.Sprintf("Can't handle type %T", t)
}
}
fmt.Println(whatAmI(1))
fmt.Println(whatAmI(true))
fmt.Println(whatAmI("hey"))
}