Switch Statements

Is there any reason why the program would ignore a switch statement?

I believe that its coded correctly, but none of the cases are acted upon. Thanks for any advice. Here's a copy of the switch code

Code:

switch (previousDives){
	
	
	
	case ' 0 ' :
		penalty = 0;
		printf (" The secondary dive penalty is %d minutes.\n" , penalty );
		break;

	case ' 1 ' :
		penalty = 4;
		printf (" The secondary dive penalty is %d minutes.\n" , penalty );
		break;

	case ' 2 ' :
		penalty = 10;
		printf (" The secondary dive penalty is %d minutes.\n" , penalty );
		break;

	case ' 3 ' :
		penalty = 17;
		printf (" The secondary dive penalty is %d minutes.\n" , penalty );
		break;

	case ' 4 ' :
		penalty = 27;
		printf (" The secondary dive penalty is %d minutes.\n" , penalty );
		break;
	}

[edit]Code tags added by Hammer

To start with, always use a default option in the case statement to trap errors like this.

And the character consts should be like this: '1'
That's without the spaces (unlike yours).


Please use code tags when posting code. See my sig for a useful link on this matter.

[edit]Dammit, beaten

I thought it was something to do with '1' being a character, and that you should remove the ' ' from it....

so it'd be - case 1: /*something happens*/

Or... why is it different in this instance?

deleting the spaces fixed the problem! Thanks for all your help!