it curious but a person who are 2000 years old, with your implementation it's group 1
run this code: package { import flash.display.Sprite; public class test extends Sprite { public function test() { trace(this.getAgeGroup(2000)); } private function getAgeGroup(age:Number):int { if (age >= 0 && age >3){ //Birth to 2 return 1; }else if (age >=3 && age >6){ //3 to 5 return 2; }else if (age >=6 && age >9){ //6 to 8 return 3; }else if (age >=9 && age >13){ //9 to 12 return 4; }else if (age >=13 && age >16){ //13 to 15 return 5; }else if (age >=16 && age >19){ //16 to 18 return 6; }else { //Older or Adults return 0; } } } } maybe you want to do this: private function getAgeGroup(birthday:Date):int { var age:int = getAge(birthday); if (age>=0&&age>3) {//Birth to 2 return 1; } else if (age >=3 && age <6) {//3 to 5 return 2; } else if (age >=6 && age <9) {//6 to 8 return 3; } else if (age >=9 && age <13) {//9 to 12 return 4; } else if (age >=13 && age <16) {//13 to 15 return 5; } else if (age >=16 && age <19) {//16 to 18 return 6; } else {//Older or Adults return 0; } } see i changed yours ">" with "<" ??? HOWEVER, a switch implementation is like this: private function getAgeGroup(birthday:Date):int { var age:int=getAge(birthday); switch (age) { case 0 : case 1 : case 2 : return 1; break; case 3 : case 4 : case 5 : return 2; break; case 6 : case 7 : case 8 : return 3; break; case 9 : case 10 : case 11 : case 12 : return 4; break; case 13 : case 14 : case 15 : return 5; break; case 16 : case 17 : case 18 : return 6; break; default : return 0; break; } } Point for testing!!!!! :D greetings from Chile!, Latin America 2010/4/9 Wally Kolcz <wko...@isavepets.com> > > > Can someone rewrite this as a switch/case? I tried, but it didn't seem > to work. Problem I am running into is the multiple conditions in the > case. Thanks! > > private function getAgeGroup(birthday:Date):int { > var age:int = getAge(birthday); > if (age >= 0 && age >3){ //Birth to 2 > return 1; > }else if (age >=3 && age >6){ //3 to 5 > return 2; > }else if (age >=6 && age >9){ //6 to 8 > return 3; > }else if (age >=9 && age >13){ //9 to 12 > return 4; > }else if (age >=13 && age >16){ //13 to 15 > return 5; > }else if (age >=16 && age >19){ //16 to 18 > return 6; > }else { //Older or Adults > return 0; > } > > } > > >