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                      3: case                        C Keyword                        case
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                      8: Introduce entry in switch statement
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                     11: The C keyword case is a label within a switch statement.  For ex-
                     12: ample:
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                     15:         while ((int = getchar()) != EOF)
                     16:                 switch (foo) {
                     17:                         case 'q':
                     18:                         case 'Q':
                     19:                                 exit(0);
                     20:                         case ' ':
                     21:                                 n++;
                     22:                         default:
                     23:                                 break;
                     24:                 }
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                     27: case  labels each  of the three  possibilities recognized  by the
                     28: switch  statement: a  space, `q', and  `Q'.  The  statements that
                     29: follow a  case statement behave  as if they  were enclosed within
                     30: braces.
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                     32: Note that a case statement is  simply a label: it sets a point to
                     33: which the  switch statement  jumps, and execution  continues from
                     34: that point.  Once a switch statement jumps to the point marked by
                     35: a given case label,  execution continues until an exit, break, or
                     36: return is  read, or the closing brace of  the switch statement is
                     37: encountered.
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                     39: ***** See Also *****
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                     41: break, C keywords, switch
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