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Warning: If you omit the break statement in a case that is not the last, and that case gets a match, the next case
will also be executed even if the evaluation does not match the case!
Example
What happens if we remove the break statement from case “red”?

$favcolor is red, so the code block from case “red” is executed, but since it has no break statement, the code
block from case “blue” will also be executed:
The default Keyword

The default keyword specifies the code to run if there is no case match:
Example

If no cases get a match, the default block is executed:

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