Coffeescript: unexpected then in a switch statement

coffeescript, compiler-construction, javascript, switch-statement

Solution

Just drop the `then` altogether. You only need it when you don't want to have a new indented block.

tag = 0 
switch tag
    when 0
        alert "0"
    when 1
        alert "1"

(`if` works that way, too)

Problem

I'm trying to use a simple switch statement but it doesn't compile. Here's the code: ``` tag = 0 switch tag when 0 then alert "0" when 1 then alert "1" ``` The coffeescript compiler complains about an "unexpected then" in the line after the switch statement. I changed the code to this: ``` switch tag when 0 then alert "0" when 1 then alert "1" ``` and it works fine. But I need multiple statements on multiple lines in the then parts of the switch statement. Is that impossible ?

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