{"id":882,"date":"2017-11-10T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/?p=882"},"modified":"2018-04-24T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T15:38:07","slug":"switch-statement-javascript-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Statement &#8211; JavaScript Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is used to perform different actions on different conditions.<br \/>\nHow does it works??<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0switch expression is classified once &amp; value of expression is compared with values of each case. The associated block of code is executed if there&#8217;s a match.<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;\r\n&lt;html&gt;\r\n&lt;body&gt;\r\n&lt;p id=\"ex\"&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;script&gt;\r\nvar day;\r\nswitch (new Date().getDay()) {\r\n case 0:\r\n day = \"Sunday\";\r\n break;\r\n case 1:\r\n day = \"Monday\";\r\n break;\r\n case 2:\r\n day = \"Tuesday\";\r\n break;\r\n case 3:\r\n day = \"Wednesday\";\r\n break;\r\n case 4:\r\n day = \"Thursday\";\r\n break;\r\n case 5:\r\n day = \"Friday\";\r\n break;\r\n case 6:\r\n day = \"Saturday\";\r\n}\r\ndocument.getElementById(\"ex\").innerHTML = \"Today Is \" + day;\r\n&lt;\/script&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;\/body&gt;\r\n&lt;\/html&gt;<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-883 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot-867.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"57\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is used to perform different actions on different conditions. How does it works?? &#8211;\u00a0switch expression is classified once &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":36151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,216],"tags":[1153],"post_format":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorial","category-jstutorial","tag-tutorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Switch Statement - JavaScript Basics - Source Code &amp; Projects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Switch Statement - JavaScript Basics - Source Code &amp; Projects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is used to perform different actions on different conditions. How does it works?? &#8211;\u00a0switch expression is classified once &amp; [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Source Code &amp; Projects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-10T14:18:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-24T15:38:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot-867.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fabian Ros\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fabian Ros\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fabian Ros\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/67981895831519763735dc4e1655103b\"},\"headline\":\"Switch Statement &#8211; JavaScript Basics\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-10T14:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-24T15:38:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":49,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ad6c464da800d8658830febb9d1e5d53\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/template.png\",\"keywords\":[\"tutorial\"],\"articleSection\":[\"JavaScript Tutorial\",\"JS Tutorial\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Switch Statement - JavaScript Basics - Source Code &amp; Projects\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/template.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-10T14:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-24T15:38:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/template.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/template.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Switch Statement &#8211; JavaScript Basics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Source Code &amp; Projects\",\"description\":\"Projects, Tutorials, and more\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ad6c464da800d8658830febb9d1e5d53\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ad6c464da800d8658830febb9d1e5d53\",\"name\":\"mysterioushoul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mysterioushoul\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/67981895831519763735dc4e1655103b\",\"name\":\"Fabian Ros\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/526c68f7402e15d1a1cba4b893851b196dd1fab515d258496acf5b2bd5ea5db7?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/526c68f7402e15d1a1cba4b893851b196dd1fab515d258496acf5b2bd5ea5db7?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/526c68f7402e15d1a1cba4b893851b196dd1fab515d258496acf5b2bd5ea5db7?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fabian Ros\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/code-projects.org\\\/author\\\/fabian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Switch Statement - JavaScript Basics - Source Code &amp; Projects","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Switch Statement - JavaScript Basics - Source Code &amp; Projects","og_description":"It is used to perform different actions on different conditions. How does it works?? &#8211;\u00a0switch expression is classified once &amp; [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/","og_site_name":"Source Code &amp; Projects","article_published_time":"2017-11-10T14:18:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-24T15:38:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot-867.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Fabian Ros","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fabian Ros","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/"},"author":{"name":"Fabian Ros","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#\/schema\/person\/67981895831519763735dc4e1655103b"},"headline":"Switch Statement &#8211; JavaScript Basics","datePublished":"2017-11-10T14:18:21+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-24T15:38:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/"},"wordCount":49,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ad6c464da800d8658830febb9d1e5d53"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/template.png","keywords":["tutorial"],"articleSection":["JavaScript Tutorial","JS Tutorial"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/","url":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/","name":"Switch Statement - JavaScript Basics - Source Code &amp; Projects","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/template.png","datePublished":"2017-11-10T14:18:21+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-24T15:38:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/template.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/template.png","width":1024,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/switch-statement-javascript-basics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Switch Statement &#8211; JavaScript Basics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/","name":"Source Code &amp; Projects","description":"Projects, Tutorials, and more","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ad6c464da800d8658830febb9d1e5d53"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#\/schema\/person\/ad6c464da800d8658830febb9d1e5d53","name":"mysterioushoul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"mysterioushoul"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d98500cd3daff9ff16ff72f70ab6605a78dd404da144f3886ee3746243cdf6d3?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/#\/schema\/person\/67981895831519763735dc4e1655103b","name":"Fabian Ros","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/526c68f7402e15d1a1cba4b893851b196dd1fab515d258496acf5b2bd5ea5db7?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/526c68f7402e15d1a1cba4b893851b196dd1fab515d258496acf5b2bd5ea5db7?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/526c68f7402e15d1a1cba4b893851b196dd1fab515d258496acf5b2bd5ea5db7?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"Fabian Ros"},"url":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/author\/fabian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/code-projects.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}