From ec125fb6e793f54645a6ee592e4b5dec85f22cc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Schermerhorn <cameron.schermerhorn@its.ny.gov>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:53:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add example for switching Strings

+ Added switch structure to demonstrate how to switch Strings
+ Added name to contributor list
---
 java.html.markdown | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java.html.markdown b/java.html.markdown
index 478ec683..a862d294 100644
--- a/java.html.markdown
+++ b/java.html.markdown
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ contributors:
     - ["Jakukyo Friel", "http://weakish.github.io"]
     - ["Madison Dickson", "http://github.com/mix3d"]
     - ["Simon Morgan", "http://sjm.io/"]
+    - ["Cameron Schermerhorn", "http://github.com/cschermerhorn"]
 filename: LearnJava.java
 ---
 
@@ -275,6 +276,23 @@ public class LearnJava {
                      break;
         }
         System.out.println("Switch Case Result: " + monthString);
+        
+        //Starting in Java 7 and above, switching Strings works like this:
+        String myAnswer = "maybe";
+        switch(myAnswer){
+            case "yes":
+                System.out.prinln("You answered yes.");
+                break;
+            case "no":
+                System.out.println("You answered no.");
+                break;
+            case "maybe":
+                System.out.println("You answered maybe.");
+                break;
+            default:
+                Sustem.out.println("You answered " + myAnswer);
+                break;
+        }
 
         // Conditional Shorthand
         // You can use the '?' operator for quick assignments or logic forks.