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Cannot switch on a value of type String. #3049
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Hi,
when i try to switch on an string i get this Error:
Cannot switch on a vlaue of type String. Only convertible int values or enum constatnts are permitted.
I know switching on String is not possbile in Java 1.6, but I'm using Processing V. 2.2.1, which has Java Version 1.7.0_40 (found out with: print(System.getProperty("java.version")); ).
This seems to be a bug in the error detection system.
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benfry commentedon Jan 19, 2015
It's not supported by the preprocessor, but we've never claimed it works: http://processing.org/reference/switch.html
Use an
if()statement instead.siiikooo0743 commentedon Jan 20, 2015
Well i know, but it should be supported anyway.
I'm no expert, but how hard can it be to get it to work ^^
benfry commentedon Jan 20, 2015
It's hard, because it involves the preprocessor. It's at least a few hours of work for someone to do it (and then update the reference accordingly), and there is no someone to do it.
But regardless, it's not a "bug". It's a feature we've never had.
siiikooo0743 commentedon Jan 20, 2015
Ok i undserstand.
Thank you for your efforts anyway.
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