Thread: Switch Statment

Hi i was just wondering if anyone had any solutions to changing this switch statement to an IF ELSE statement, solutions would be helpful.

switch (option) {

// add person
case 1:
addPerson();

// shows the person added
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "\nThe following person has been added: \n");
printPerson(numberOfPersons - 1);

break;

// search person
case 2:

searchPerson();

break;

// prints all the people listed
case 3:

printAllPersons();

break;

// quits the program
case 4:

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Program terminated...\nHave a nice day =]");

// quit
System.exit(0);

break;

default:
// warn user that something has gone wrong
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You have entered invalid information mate! Please try again.");
break;
}
}
}

why would you want to but,

if(x == 1){
}else if(x == 2){
}...

you get the idea

I'm doing a project and it has to be with IF ELSE statements which is bugging me