Can you have two comparisons in one case statement in a switch?

Question

I was just wondering if I could have two strings I can test for on one case in a switch statement. For example:

     switch (month){
        case "Jan": ...

     }

This is a regular switch statement, but is there any way to implement a way to compare two strings such as:

    switch (month){
       case "Jan" || "January": ....
    }

I wanted to know if there is a way to implement this sort of method of code, where I can test for Jan OR January.

Answer 1

Not directly. Instead let execution flow through the case s

switch (month){
    case "Jan":
    case "January": 
        ...
}

If month equals "Jan " it will hit that case and flow into the "January" case.

Answer 2

It doesn't seem like you really understood Sotirios's answer. Here's a longer example:

switch (month) {
    case "Jan":
    case "January":
        System.out.println("It's January!");
        // Do whatever else
        break;
    case "Feb": case "February": // They can even go on the same line
        System.out.println("It's February!");
        // Do whatever else
        break;
    ...
}

This is almost exactly the same in terms of "code room" as your example, except you have to have to repeat the case keyword.