Need help with switch

TJaaaay

I looked on the php documentation and could not find an answer for this simple problem

I need to test a variable with in ranges to return a result. I have this

switch (score) {
case 6:
result ="Beginer";
break;
case 12:
result = "Student";
break;
case 18:
result = "Wow";
break;
default:
result = "failed";
break;
}

This works but I need to use cases that would test for a range. Such as instead of
case 6:
I need
case >0 and <7:

Can anyone point me to a resource or throw me an answer

thanks

planetsim

well you can do it like this

switch (score) {
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
case 4:
case 5:
case 6:
result ="Beginer";
break;
case 7:
case 8:
case 9:
case 10:
case 11:
case 12:
result = "Student";
break;
case 13:
case 14:
case 15:
case 16:
case 17:
case 18:
result = "Wow";
break;
default:
result = "failed";
break;
}

However this seems inappropriate so a if/elseif/else statement shoudl work.

if ($score>0&&$score<7) {
  $result ="Beginer";
} else if ($score>=7) {
  if ($score >= 13) {
    $result = "Wow";
  } else {
    $result = "Student";
  }
} else {
  $result = "failed";
}

Dave_Stro

Try this.

<?				
  $score = 8;		
	switch (true) 
	{ 
     case ($score <= 7): 
       $result = "Beginer"; 
     break; 
     case ($score <= 12): 
      $result = "Student"; 
     break; 
     case ($score <= 18): 
        $result = "Wow"; 
     break; 
     default: 
       $result = "failed"; 
     break; 
} 
  echo $result;
?>

TJaaaay

Originally posted by Dave Stro
Try this.

<?				
  $score = 8;		
	switch (true) 
	{ 
     case ($score <= 7): 
       $result = "Beginer"; 
     break; 
     case ($score <= 12): 
      $result = "Student"; 
     break; 
     case ($score <= 18): 
        $result = "Wow"; 
     break; 
     default: 
       $result = "failed"; 
     break; 
} 
  echo $result;
?>

[/B]

Now that makes perfect sense
I did not consider that the break could handle the low end range.

That works great thanks

Dave_Stro

Actually there was a mistake there. if the number could be greater then 18 it should read

<?                 

  $score = 8;         

    switch (true)  

    {  

     case ($score <= 7):  

       $result = "Beginer";  

     break;  

     case ($score <= 12):  

      $result = "Student";  

     break;  

     case ($score <> 18):  

        $result = "Wow";  

     break;  

     default:  

       $result = "failed";  

     break;  

}  

  echo $result; 
?>

The last case changed from

case ($score <= 18):

case ($score <> 18):

Hope that helps