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200 ActionScript language elements

default statement

default: statements

Defines the default case for a switch statement. The statements execute if the expression

parameter of the

switch statement doesn't equal (using the strict equality [===] operation)

any of the

expression parameters that follow the case keywords for a given switch

statement.

switch is not required to have a default case statement. A default case statement does

not have to be last in the list. If you use a

default statement outside a switch statement, it

produces an error and the script doesn't compile.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Parameters

statements:String - Any statements.

Example

In the following example, the expression A does not equal the expressions B or D, so the

statement following the

default keyword is run and the trace() statement is sent to the

Output panel.

var dayOfWeek:Number = new Date().getDay();

switch (dayOfWeek) {

case 1 :

trace("Monday");

break;

case 2 :

trace("Tuesday");

break;

case 3 :

trace("Wednesday");

break;

case 4 :

trace("Thursday");

break;

case 5 :

trace("Friday");

break;

default :

trace("Weekend");

}