= The Twelve Days of Christmas (Reprise) =

''Part of'' SwitchCaseCategory

== Description ==

Another example that prints the lyrics to the Twelve Days of Christmas. 

Produces the lyrics of the 12 Days of Christmas (all twelve verses).
It has a few subtle changes from TwelveDaysOfChristmasExampleOne such as a break-less switch statement.


== Example ==

{{{
#!d
const char[] I1 = "On the ";

const char[] I2 = " day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:";
const char[] D1 = "A Partridge in a Pear Tree.";
const char[] D2 = "Two Turtle Doves, and";

const char[] D3 = "Three French Hens,";
const char[] D4 = "Four Calling Birds,";
const char[] D5 = "Five Golden Rings,";

const char[] D6 = "Six Geese a Laying,";
const char[] D7 = "Seven Swans a Swimming,";
const char[] D8 = "Eight Maids a Milking,";

const char[] D9 = "Nine Ladies Dancing,";
const char[] D10 = "Ten Lords a Leaping,";
const char[] D11 = "Eleven Pipers Piping,";

const char[] D12 = "Twelve Drummers Drumming,";


void println(char[] s)
{
    printf(cast(char*) (s ~ "\n\0")); /* A simple \n\0 (without quotes) is valid in D, but d2html won't handle it */
}
 
 
int main (char[][] args)
{
    char[] s;
 
    for (int e=1; e<=12; e++)
    {
        s = I1;
               
        switch(e)       /* ...keeping the cases separate... */

        {
            case 1:  s ~= "first"; break;
            case 2:  s ~= "second"; break;
            case 3:  s ~= "third"; break;
            case 4:  s ~= "fourth"; break;
            case 5:  s ~= "fifth"; break;
            case 6:  s ~= "sixth"; break;
            case 7:  s ~= "seventh"; break;
            case 8:  s ~= "eighth"; break;
            case 9:  s ~= "ninth"; break;
            case 10: s ~= "tenth"; break;   
            case 11: s ~= "eleventh"; break;
            default: s ~= "twelveth"; break;
        }
        s ~= I2;
        println(s);
 
        switch (e)     /* ...and without the break statements... */
        {
            case 12: println(D12);
            case 11: println(D11);
            case 10: println(D10);
            case 9:  println(D9);
            case 8:  println(D8);
            case 7:  println(D7);
            case 6:  println(D6);
            case 5:  println(D5);
            case 4:  println(D4);
            case 3:  println(D3);
            case 2:  println(D2);
            default: println(D1); println(""); break;
        }
    }
    return 0;
}
}}}

== Source ==

|| Link || http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/tutor/simple/twelve_days_2.html ||
|| Authors || jcc7 (with modifications from Larry Cowan) ||