Structures

Sometimes it is useful to have a collection of values of different types and to treat the collection as a single item

For example, consider a bank certificate of deposit, which is often called a CD

A CD is a bank account that does not allow withdrawals for a specified number of months
A CD naturally has three [...]

The switch Statement

Suppose you create a screen menu that asks the user to select one of five choices—for example

Cheap
Moderate
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Excessive

You can extend an if else if else sequence to handle five alternatives

But the C++ switch statement more easily handles selecting a choice from an extended list

Here’s the general form for a switch statement (A-1):

Example of (A-1)

switch (integer-expression)
{
      case [...]