Aidan It's based on 'C' syntax, which itself isn't very far removed from machine code - the switch statement is really just a glorified set of goto statements.
If you don't put the break in, it drops through to the next case. But it can be useful sometimes if you want to do some processing for case A and then some processing for case A or B - though making use of that results in very un-maintainable code. It's certainly a rich source of bugs, whatever language you're using. Nick -----Original Message----- From: Aidan Whitehall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 10:19 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: break Is there any good reason why CFSCRIPT requires the inclusion of a break; statement at the end of each case? It took me a while after looking at Advanced CFWACK 4 (where break; doesn't appear) and digging around the archives to find out that it's needed. And it just left me thinking... why? Aidan -- Aidan Whitehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Macromedia ColdFusion Developer Fairbanks Environmental +44 (0)1695 51775 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
