[SOLVED] Making Switch Case Insensitive?

[iPetey]

I'm trying to make it so that when the user inputs a letter such as 'A' that it does not matter if it is upper or lower case. This is for a switch statement.

public Test(String toDO, char MovieLetter)
    
    {
      if (toDO.toLowerCase().startsWith("switch statement"))
        {
           P7Switch(MovieLetter);
        }
       
       else 
       {
           System.out.println("Error: Please enter a valid request");
       }
}

 public void P7Switch(char movies)
    {
        
      switch(movies)
        {
          case 'A': System.out.println("Alphadog");; break;
     
        }
    }

i want it so that when a user enters 'A' or 'a' (in the constructor) it wont matter, Alphadog will still print.

Thank you anyone for help in advance!!

[mtyoung]

switch(movies)
{
case 'a':
case 'A': System.out.println("Alphadog");; break;

}

[Eranga]

You can take two ways to do this.

1. Simply you can use two cases like this.

switch(movies) {
     case 'A':
     case 'a':
           System.out.println("Text");
           break;
}

Until you find the break statement all the cases are valid and execute. But seems it's odd. Think about if you want to use several characters.

2. Did you know about equalsIgnoreCase() method on String class. You can make a logic depends on that too.

[Eranga]

switch(movies)
{
case 'a':
case 'A': System.out.println("Alphadog");; break;

}

Oops, post the same thing lol. I didn't see your post. Sorry about that.

[CJSLMAN]

... or you can convert the character to upper or lower case and not have to use the double switch:

char myChar = Character.toLowerCase(Movie);
switch(myChar)
{
  case 'a':System.out.println("Alphadog"); break;
}

Character toLowerCase method:
Character toLowerCase method(Java Platform SE 6)
Character toUpperCase method:
Character toUpperCase method(Java Platform SE 6)

Luck,
CJSL

[iPetey]

thanks so much everyone!! figured it out with your help =]

[Eranga]

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