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switch-statement

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switch-statement railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."switch""("Explore production: expressionexpression")""{"Explore production: switch-case-listswitch-case-list"}""switch""("Explore production: expressionexpression")"":"Explore production: switch-case-listswitch-case-list"endswitch"";"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
EBNF source
switch-statement =
      "switch" , "(" , expression , ")" , "{" , switch-case-list , "}"
    | "switch" , "(" , expression , ")" , ":" , switch-case-list ,
      "endswitch" , ";" ;

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