// directions_using_switch.java
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class directions_using_switch
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            char direction;
            String cAsString;
            cAsString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog (null, "Enter N, E, S, or W");
            direction = cAsString.charAt(0);

			switch (direction) {

			case 'N': case 'n':
				    System.out.println ("You are heading north.");		
					break;
			case 'S': case 's':
				    System.out.println ("You are heading south.");
					break;
			case 'E': case 'e':	
				    System.out.println ("You are heading east.");
					break;
			case 'W': case  'w':
				    System.out.println ("You are heading west..");
					break;
			default:
			System.out.println ( direction + " is invalid. Where do you think you are going?");
		} //end of switch
	        System.exit (0);
        }
}