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Taking user input in a switch statement in java


I need help making this switch statement, taking a user input in order to pick (in this case) the month that will be printed. Instead of just always printing august, how would I take a user input and let them choose the month?

    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class SwitchDemo {

        public static void main(String[] args) {

            int UsrIn;


            UsrIn = input.nextInt();

            int month = UsrIn;

            String monthString;
            switch (month) {
                case 1:  monthString = "January";
                         break;
                case 2:  monthString = "February";
                         break;
                case 3:  monthString = "March";
                         break;
                case 4:  monthString = "April";
                         break;
                case 5:  monthString = "May";
                         break;
                case 6:  monthString = "June";
                         break;
                case 7:  monthString = "July";
                         break;
                case 8:  monthString = "August";
                         break;
                case 9:  monthString = "September";
                         break;
                case 10: monthString = "October";
                         break;
                case 11: monthString = "November";
                         break;
                case 12: monthString = "December";
                         break;
                default: monthString = "Invalid month";
                         break;
            }
            System.out.println(monthString);
        }
    }

Solution

  • Replace

    int month = 8;
    

    with

    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Please entter month: ");
    String msg = in.nextLine();
    int month = Integer.valueOf(msg);