How to I change a switch operation on a string to work in eclipse 1.6?

Question

This is the code I have:

 

public static double monthly(String month) {
switch (month) {
case "01":
return .5;
case "07":
return .5;
default:
return 1;
}
}

 

However, eclipse does't allow switch of a string in the 1.6 version. I'm having difficulty figuring out how to make it into a regular if-else or really anything else that could work in the earlier versions of eclipse.

Answer 1

Converting a switch into an if/else is simple. You simply get rid of the "switch(month)" and make each case an if/else if with the default being the final else:

 

This code would then become:

 

public static double monthly(String month) {

 

if (month == "01") {

    return 0.5;

} else if (month == "07") {

    return .5;

} else {

    return 1;

}

}