Re: multiple cases in switch statement

Try this if ( eregi ( "[0-9]{1,2}([a-zA-Z])*" ,$num ) ) // echo "Switching for $num.... "; switch ($num) { case (1): $street .= "FIRST"; break; case 2: $street .= "SECOND"; break; case 3: $street .= "THIRD"; break; case 4: $street .= "FOURTH"; break; default: $street .= $num; break; } } echo $street; Toby Butzon [ criticism spurs improvement ] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asendorf, John" <JAsendorf@lcounty.com> To: "Php-Windows (E-mail)" <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 5:04 PM Subject: [PHP-WIN] multiple cases in switch statement : Hello all... : : I'm running a little address checker and attempting to catch ordinal numbers : (first, second, third, etc) by catching multiple instances such as : : 1st or 1 gives us FIRST : : so far I have this... the worst part about it is that part of this is : working and the rest is not... when I enter "1" or "1ST" into it, I get : FIRST back... : : when I enter "2ND" or "2" I get nothing back (not even the default no error, : no nothin)... : : when I enter "3RD" I get THIRD back... : : When I enter "4TH" or "4" I get nothing back (not even the default no error, : no nothin)... : : if ( eregi ( "[0-9]{1,2}([a-zA-Z])*" ,$num ) ) : file://echo "hit the switch"; : switch ($num) { : case ("1ST" || "1"): : $street .= "FIRST"; : break; : case ("2ND" || "2"): : $street .= "SECOND"; : break; : case "3RD": : $street .= "THIRD"; : break; : case ("4TH" || "4"): : $street .= "FOURTH"; : break; : default: : $street .= $num; : break; : } : : echo $street; : : Any suggestions on what I'm missing here? What's makes this very weird for : me is that the first case WORKS... : : --------------------- : John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com : Web Applications Developer : http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! : Licking County, Ohio, USA : 740-349-3631 : : The benefit to the government of replacing all $1 Federal Reserve notes with : $1 coins would be $522.2 million per year, according to estimates of the : General Accouting Office released on April 7, 2000. : : : -- : PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) : To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net : For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net : To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net : :