switches with the < and > operators

Is there a way to use the switch construct by checking with operators like > and < and not doing an equality check?

for example :

x = 12;
switch x
    case x < 3 
        % statementents
    case x >= 3 && x < 10
        % statements
    case x >= 10 && x < 20
        % statements
    otherwise
        % statements
end

Why does it always execute the statements in the otherwise section? What's wrong?

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

A switch statement executes the first case that is true. Try this instead.

x = 12;
switch true
    case x < 3 
        % statementents
    case x >= 3 && x < 10
        % statements
    case x >= 10 && x < 20
        % statements
    otherwise
        % statements
end

[Francesco Pio]

This works, thanks a lot

[Steven Lord]

Or discretize your data and then switch on the bin into which your data falls.

x = 12;
whichBin = discretize(x, [-Inf 3 10 20 Inf])

whichBin = 3

x = 42;
whichBin = discretize(x, [-Inf 3 10 20 Inf])

whichBin = 4