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Expand Up @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The preceding example also demonstrates the `default` case. The `default` case s
A `switch` statement executes the *statement list* in the first *switch section* whose *case pattern* matches a match expression and whose [case guard](#case-guards), if present, evaluates to `true`. A `switch` statement evaluates case patterns in text order from top to bottom. The compiler generates an error when a `switch` statement contains an unreachable case. That is a case that is already handled by an upper case or whose pattern is impossible to match.

> [!NOTE]
> The `default` case can appear in any place within a `switch` statement. Regardless of its position, the `default` case is always evaluated last and only if all other case patterns aren't matched.
> The `default` case can appear in any place within a `switch` statement. Regardless of its position, the `default` case is always evaluated last and only if all other case patterns aren't matched, except if `goto default` is encountered.

You can specify multiple case patterns for one section of a `switch` statement, as the following example shows:

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