Go switch Statement

The switch Statement

Use the switch statement to select one of many code blocks to be executed.

The switch statement in Go is similar to the ones in C, C++, Java, JavaScript, and PHP. The difference is that it only runs the matched case so it does not need a break statement.

Single-Case switch Syntax

This is how it works:

• The expression is evaluated once
• The value of the switch expression is compared with the values of each case
• If there is a match, the associated block of code is executed
• The default keyword is optional. It specifies some code to run if there is no case match

Single-Case switch Example

The example below uses a weekday number to calculate the weekday name:

The default Keyword

The default keyword specifies some code to run if there is no case match:

All the case values should have the same type as the switch expression. Otherwise, the compiler will raise an error:

package main
import ("fmt")

func main() {
  var day = 2
  switch  {
  (1):
    fmt.Print("Saturday")
  (2):
    fmt.Print("Sunday")
  }
}