need help with a switch statement

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1

hello everyone, i an trying to use a switch statement to compare tags to strings. anyway am getting an error and i cant realy explain why. here is the script

void Update () {
		
		Ray cursorPos = cam.camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
		RaycastHit hit;
		
		if (Physics.Raycast(cursorPos, out hit, range)){
			
			blockSide = hit.transform.tag;
			
			switch (blockSide)
			{
			case "cube_left":
				Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z)
																, Quaternion.identity);
				break;
			case "cube_right":
				Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z)
																, Quaternion.identity);
				break;
			case "cube_up":
				Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z)
																, Quaternion.identity);
				break;	
			case "cube_down":
				Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z)
																, Quaternion.identity);
				break;
			case "cube_front":
				Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z)
																, Quaternion.identity);
				break;	
			case "cube_back":
				Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z)
																, Quaternion.identity);
				break;
			default:
			 	Debug.Log("da'hell am i supposed to do with this?");
				
			}

(sorry its so long, but its pretty repetitive) anywhy, the mistake im getting is the following:

Assets/Scripts/Place_Blocks.cs(23,25): error CS0163: Control cannot fall through from one case label to another

i got absolutely no idea what is going on, if someone could help me find the problem, and if possible a solution it would be much apreciated. thanks a lot everyone.

2

Simple add a break after the default:

just as you have done with the cases, the default is a case as well.

3

Given that the code executed for all but the default case is identical I would recommend another approach entirely:

static string[] cubeFaces = new string[6] {"cube_left", "cube_right", "cube_up", "cube_down", "cube_front", "cube_back"};

void Update () {
    Ray cursorPos = cam.camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
    RaycastHit hit;
 
    if (Physics.Raycast(cursorPos, out hit, range)){
        blockSide = hit.transform.tag;
        if (cubeFaces.Contains(blockSide)) {
            Instantiate(availableBlocks[blockIndexSelected], new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z), Quaternion.identity);
        }
        else {
              Debug.Log("da'hell am i supposed to do with this?");
        }
    }
}