JavaScript switch Statement Example

Updated on August 13, 2015     Kisan Patel

In javascript, switch statement is basically to execute the desired choice. The switch statement creates the same output as the if / else statement , but under the hood and in syntax they are pretty different. This is considered faster than if condition.

d = new Date();
ch = d.getMonth();

switch (ch) {
 case 0: document.write("January");
 break;
 case 1: document.write("February");
 break;
 case 2: document.write("March");
 break;
 case 3: document.write("April");
 break;
 case 4: document.write("May");
 break;
 case 5: document.write("June");
 break;
 case 6: document.write("July");
 break;
 case 7: document.write("August");
 break;
 case 8: document.write("September");
 break;
 case 9: document.write("October");
 break;
 case 10: document.write("November");
 break;
 case 11: document.write("December");
 break;
}

In above script, the current month will be printed as output result.

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