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public void switchString(String input){
switch(input){
case "a" : System.out.println( "apple" );
case "b" : System.out.println( "bat" );
break;
case "B" : System.out.println( "big bat" );
default : System.out.println( "none" );
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
TestClasstc = new TestClass();
tc.switchString("B");
}

hi according to eclipse switch cannot evaluate string so this won't compile....

Please try using JDK 1.7.

HTH,
Paul.

I thought the switch variable needs to be a compile time constant, and not passed through as parameters to functions according to Selikoff and Boyarsky book.

No, switch case labels must be constants, not the switch variable.