freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Multiple Identical Options in Switch Statements

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Multiple Identical Options in Switch Statements

Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide) 
function sequentialSizes(val) {
  var answer = "";
  // Only change code below this line
  switch (val) {
    case 1:
    case 2:
    case 3:
      return "Low";
      break;
    case 4:
    case 5:
    case 6:
      return "Mid";
      break;
    case 7:
    case 8:
    case 9:
      return "High";
      break;
  }
  // Only change code above this line
  return answer;
}
// Change this value to test
sequentialSizes(1);
Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide) 
function sequentialSizes(val) {
  var answer = "";
  // Only change code below this line
  switch (val) {
    case 1:
    case 2:
    case 3:
      answer = "Low";
      break;
    case 4:
    case 5:
    case 6:
      answer = "Mid";
      break;
    case 7:
    case 8:
    case 9:
      answer = "High";
  }
  // Only change code above this line
  return answer;
}
// Change this value to test
sequentialSizes(1);

Code Explanation

Since you already have a variable named answer defined and the function returns it, you can just modify its value on each group of case statements to fit the exercise requirements.

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function sequentialSizes(val) {
var answer = “”;
// Only change code below this line
switch (val) {
case “1”:
case “2”:
case “3”:
answer = “Low”;
break;
case “4”:
case “5”:
case “6”:
answer = “Mid”;
break;
case “7”:
case “8”:
case “9”:
answer = “High”;
}

// Only change code above this line
return answer;
}

// Change this value to test
sequentialSizes(2);

This is not the solution…but close try and find where I went wrong.

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I struggled with this one for a while. I knew I had it, but it would not give me the last check ‘must have 9 cases.’
I noticed I had put a short comment in exactly where it is here. I removed it and it worked. I wonder how many times this has happened before and we never realized it?

5

anyone know how to solve this

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function sequentialSizes(val) {
var answer = “”;
// Only change code below this line
switch(val) {
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
answer = “Low”;
break;
case 4:
case 5:
case 6:
answer = “Mid”;
break;
case 7:
case 8:
case 9:
answer = “High”;
break;
}

// Only change code above this line
return answer;
}

// Change this value to test
sequentialSizes(1);

i put my working code above but try it on your own. the thing i got caught up on was i didn’t add the switch(val) at the beginning i just started going straight into cases

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Just remove “” from, case… correct code is-
function sequentialSizes(val) {
var answer = “”;
// Only change code below this line
switch(val){
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
answer = “Low”;
break;
case 4:
case 5:
case 6:
answer = “Mid”;
break;
case 7:
case 8:
case 9:
answer = “High”;
break;
}

// Only change code above this line
return answer;
}

// Change this value to test
console.log(sequentialSizes(1));

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Challenge is faced on that code of yours is the You should have nine case statements test case. But I figured out a way to passed it. Thanks guys for the contribution. Looks like this activity is not explained well but I learned a lot.

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9

remove the quotes in the cases

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There should not be quotes around the numbers.

function sequentialSizes(val) {
var answer = “”;
// Only change code below this line
switch (val) {
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
answer = “Low”;
break;
case 4:
case 5:
case 6:
answer = “Mid”;
break;
case 7:
case 8:
case 9:
answer = “High”;
}
// Only change code above this line
return answer;
}

// Change this value to test
sequentialSizes(1);