package main import ( "fmt" "runtime" "time" ) func main() { fmt.Println("Shorter way for lots of if else") fmt.Println("No need to break after each statement") fmt.Println("switch cases need not be constants, and the values involved need not be integers.") os := runtime.GOOS switch os { case "windows": fmt.Println("You are using windows") case "linux": fmt.Println("You are using linux") default: fmt.Printf("You are using %s\n", os) } fmt.Println() fmt.Println("Also you can add short statement before condition too") // like: switch os := runtime.GOOS; os { . . . } fmt.Println() fmt.Println("You can use switch with no condition, this is same as `switch true`") t := time.Now() fmt.Println(t) switch { case t.Hour() < 12: fmt.Println("Good morning!") case t.Hour() < 17: fmt.Println("Good afternoon.") default: fmt.Println("Good evening.") } }