switch case count characters in string
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
//string
String name;
//int
int stringSize;
System.out.print("Enter a name: ");
// the name entered
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// counting the lenght of the name and making it an int
stringSize = name.length();
// switching with the int value not the string
switch (stringSize)
{
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
System.out.println("This name has 3 or less characters");
break;
case 4:
System.out.println("This name has 4 characters");
break;
}