How to use greater than or equal in a switch statement

Question

What is the best way to check if variable is bigger than some number using switch statement? Or you reccomend to use if-else? I found such an example:

int i;

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Answer 1

A switch statement is for running code when specific values are returned, the if then else allows you to select a range of values in one statement. I would recommend doing something like the following (though I personnally prefer the Integer.signum method) should you want to look at multiple ranges:

int i;

if (var1 > var2) {
  i = 1;
}
else if (var1 == var2) {
  i = 0;
}
else {
  i = -1;
}