Switch (case) Statement, used with serial input

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1/*
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3  Switch statement with serial input
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5  Demonstrates the use of a switch statement. The switch statement allows you
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7  to choose from among a set of discrete values of a variable. It's like a
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9  series of if statements.
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11  To see this sketch in action, open the Serial monitor and send any character.
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13  The characters a, b, c, d, and e, will turn on LEDs. Any other character will
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15  turn the LEDs off.
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17  The circuit:
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19  - five LEDs attached to digital pins 2 through 6 through 220 ohm resistors
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21  created 1 Jul 2009
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23  by Tom Igoe
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25  This example code is in the public domain.
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27  https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SwitchCase2
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29*/
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31void setup() {
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33  // initialize serial communication:
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35  Serial.begin(9600);
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37  // initialize the LED pins:
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39  for (int thisPin = 2; thisPin < 7; thisPin++) {
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41    pinMode(thisPin, OUTPUT);
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43  }
44}
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46void loop() {
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48  // read the sensor:
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50  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
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52    int inByte = Serial.read();
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54    // do something different depending on the character received.
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56    // The switch statement expects single number values for each case; in this
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58    // example, though, you're using single quotes to tell the controller to get
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60    // the ASCII value for the character. For example 'a' = 97, 'b' = 98,
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62    // and so forth:
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64    switch (inByte) {
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66      case 'a':
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68        digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
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70        break;
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72      case 'b':
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74        digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
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76        break;
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78      case 'c':
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80        digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
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82        break;
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84      case 'd':
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86        digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
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88        break;
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90      case 'e':
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92        digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
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94        break;
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96      default:
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98        // turn all the LEDs off:
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100        for (int thisPin = 2; thisPin < 7; thisPin++) {
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102          digitalWrite(thisPin, LOW);
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104        }
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106    }
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108  }
109}