//  Sentence.swift  Copyright (c) Kari Laitinen

//  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

//  2014-09-30  File created.
//  2015-10-17  Last modification.

//  This program demonstrates a switch-case construct that uses
//  the fallthrough keyword.

import Foundation

print(  "\n Type in L, M, or S, depending on whether you want"
     +  "\n a long, medium, or short sentence displayed:  ", terminator: ""  )

// Although the name of the following variable says
// 'character' we will receive a String from the keyboard.

var character_from_keyboard : String! =  readLine()

print( "\n This is a", terminator: "" )

switch ( character_from_keyboard )
{
case  "L", "l":
   print( " switch statement in a " )
   fallthrough
case  "M", "m":
   print( " program in a", terminator: "" )
   fallthrough
case  "S", "s":
   print( " book that teaches Swift programming.", terminator: "" )
   fallthrough
default:
   print( "\n I hope this is an interesting book.\n")
}

/*  Note that the output of the program is 'designed' based
    on an assumption that this program would be presented 
    in a book.

*/