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public class StringSwitchDemo {

    public static int getMonthNumber(String month) {

        int monthNumber = 0;

        if (month == null) { return monthNumber; }

        switch (month.toLowerCase()) {
            case "january":    monthNumber =  1; break;
            case "february":   monthNumber =  2; break;
            case "march":      monthNumber =  3; break;
            case "april":      monthNumber =  4; break;
            case "may":        monthNumber =  5; break;
            case "june":       monthNumber =  6; break;
            case "july":       monthNumber =  7; break;
            case "august":     monthNumber =  8; break;
            case "september":  monthNumber =  9; break;
            case "october":    monthNumber = 10; break;
            case "november":   monthNumber = 11; break;
            case "december":   monthNumber = 12; break;
            default:           monthNumber =  0; break;
        }

        return monthNumber;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String month = "August";

        int returnedMonthNumber =
          StringSwitchDemo.getMonthNumber(month);

        if (returnedMonthNumber == 0) {
          System.out.println("Invalid month");
        } else {
          System.out.println(returnedMonthNumber);
        }
    }
}