Learn how to use statements like if, if-else, switch, for, and while to declare variables and specify expressions, make decisions, iterate over statements, and more.

This article explores the proposed extension to the Java 12 switch statement that allows it to be used as either a switch statement or a switch expression.

With that in mind, in this Java Tip, I present a short program that compiles and runs Java code statements simply by using tools included in Sun’s JDK 1.2 and above.