Adding a Default Option in Switch Statements In a switch statement you may not be able to specify all possible values as case statements. In code example

Example: adding a default option in switch statements

function switchOfStuff(val) {

  var answer = "";
  
  switch(val){
    case "a":
    answer = "apple";
    break;
    case "b":
    answer = "bird";
    break;
    case "c":
    answer = "cat";
    break;
    default:
    answer = "stuff";
    break;
  }

  return answer;
}

switchOfStuff(1);