Reply To: problem with switch

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There shouldn’t be a semi-colon after the switch:

Also note that, because of semicolon insertion, you may still run into silent failures with your brackets on the left:

whatever ()
{
    this doesn't always work
}

whatever (){
    always put them on the right
}

This is a personal preference and never causes any real problems except in JavaScript.

I would also highly recommend always including a default statement in your switches (even if it simply breaks without doing anything).