Why is it not switching?

Question

it's an incomplete programming, but overall it compiles and shows what I expect to except for the translation part. Can someone tell me why it won't switch the int # of the month into the name of the month?
import java.util.Scanner;
public class LeapYear
public static void main(String[] args)
Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a date (year month day): ");
int year = kb.nextInt();
int month = kb.nextInt();
int day = kb.nextInt();
if(year < 1582)
System.out.println("Invalid year.");
System.exit(0);
if(month<1||month>12)
System.out.println("Invalid month.");
System.exit(0);
//it doesn't switch from here onwards.
***String englishMonth;***
***switch(month)***
*** case 1: englishMonth= "January"; break;***
***// case '2': System.out.print("February"); break;***
***// case '3': System.out.print("March"); break;***
**/ case '4': "April"; break;***
*** case '5': "May" ; break;***
*** case '6': "June" ; break;***
*** case '7': "July"; break;***
*** case '8': "August"; break;***
*** case '9': "September"; break;***
*** case '10': "October"; break;***
*** case '11': "November"; break;***
*** case '12': "December"; break;*/***
*** default:***
*** System.out.println("Unavailable");***
**}** System.out.println("Date: " + "\t" + month + " " + day + ", " + year);

Answer 1

NewInJava wrote:
if(year < 1582)
System.out.println("Invalid year.");
System.exit(0);
}Fascinating little bit of code! Reminds me of a "bug" I onced fixed
The problem is that the integer 1 is not the same as the character '1'. Remove the single quotes from the numbers in your case statement
edit: actually, it's impossible to really tell why it "doesn't switch" because you've posted code that won't compile
Edited by: georgemc on Mar 3, 2009 5:11 PM