Clarification needed

[papagym177]

What is the meaning of the words (term) "falling through" in C++? Please try to list some conditions that would cause this to happen.

[dhayden]

switch (i) {
case 1:
    x = 1;
case 2:
    y=2;
    break;
case 3:
    z = 3;
}

In this statement, control "falls through" from case 1 to case 2. In other words, if i==1 then it will execute the code for case 1 AND case 2.

[papagym177]

So in reality it is actually dropping down to the next level. I guess it makes sense when they say it is falling through. That's pretty simple

Thank You for taking the Time to explain that.