import java.util.Scanner; public class Switch04 { public static void main(String[] args) { String name = ""; int a; Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); // Construct Scanner object System.out.print("Enter the name of a month (lower case): "); name = in.next(); // Read in name switch ( name ) { case "january": a = 1; break; case "february": a = 2; break; case "march": a = 3; break; case "april": a = 4; break; case "may": a = 5; break; case "june": a = 6; break; case "july": a = 7; break; case "august": a = 8; break; case "september": a = 9; break; case "october": a = 10; break; case "november": a = 11; break; case "december": a = 12; break; default: a = 0; break; } System.out.println("Index of month = " + a); } }