// control/StringSwitch.java
// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
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public class StringSwitch {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 String color = "red";
 // Old way: using if-then
 if("red".equals(color)) {
 System.out.println("RED");
 } else if("green".equals(color)) {
 System.out.println("GREEN");
 } else if("blue".equals(color)) {
 System.out.println("BLUE");
 } else if("yellow".equals(color)) {
 System.out.println("YELLOW");
 } else {
 System.out.println("Unknown");
 }
 // New way: Strings in switch
 switch(color) {
 case "red":
 System.out.println("RED");
 break;
 case "green":
 System.out.println("GREEN");
 break;
 case "blue":
 System.out.println("BLUE");
 break;
 case "yellow":
 System.out.println("YELLOW");
 break;
 default:
 System.out.println("Unknown");
 break;
 }
 }
}
/* Output:
RED
RED
*/