From 5a07de536d68bb0be6354474f9fc7ac6199b81dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Seamons <CameronSeamons@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 19:31:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Did a few base cases using enhanced switches

---
 practice_projects/src/EnhancedSwitches.java | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 practice_projects/src/EnhancedSwitches.java

diff --git a/practice_projects/src/EnhancedSwitches.java b/practice_projects/src/EnhancedSwitches.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c187e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/practice_projects/src/EnhancedSwitches.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class EnhancedSwitches {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args){
+
+        // Enhanced swich = A replacement to using multiple else if statements
+        //          (Introduced in Java14)
+
+        // Lets make a simple day checker that reports if it is a weekend or a weekday
+
+        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+        // Ask user for day of the week
+        System.out.println("What day is it today?? (Mon, Tue, etc.)?? ");
+
+        // normalize the input so we can test it easier
+        String day = scanner.nextLine().trim().toLowerCase().substring(0, 3);
+
+        //
+        switch(day){
+            case "mon", "tue", "wed", "thu", "fri" -> System.out.println("It is a weekday 😫");
+            case "sat", "sun" -> System.out.println("It is a weekend 😁!");
+            default -> System.out.println("Invalid day");
+        }
+
+
+
+
+        scanner.close();
+    }
+}