switch statement

i was hopeing to be able to use a switch statement like this, but found out you can't use strings. i can't use char, since 16 is there. how else can i set this up?

Code:

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// Get the length of the note
        public static String findLengthOfNote(String noteLength) {
                char lastNumber = noteLength.charAt(noteLength.length()-1);
                String number = Character.toString(lastNumber);
                switch (number) {
                        case "2": noteLength = "Half - note"; break;
                        case "4": noteLength = "Fourth - note"; break;
                        case "8": noteLength = "One-eigth note"; break;
                        case "16": noteLength = "One-sixteenth note"; break;
                        default: noteLength = "Invalid length note."; break;
                }
                return noteLength;
               
        }

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Java SE 7 will support Strings in switch statements, but currently cannot.

You could cast the number String to an int:

Code:

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int myInt = Integer.parseInt(number);

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Then use myInt in your switch statement.

That or use a lot of if else statements instead of the switch statement.

Use a Map<String, String> to map from the number String to the text String you want to use.