diff --git a/javascript-practice/src/cSwitchStatements/switchStatements.js b/javascript-practice/src/cSwitchStatements/switchStatements.js
index 031c4a29ddb446f8900c4b3a2d66894ffc46d27a..8d011188e64963a97ab9c11899dbab37181eca39 100644
--- a/javascript-practice/src/cSwitchStatements/switchStatements.js
+++ b/javascript-practice/src/cSwitchStatements/switchStatements.js
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ export function decodeCountingNumber(word) {
   // INSTRUCTIONS: Use a switch statement to set meaning to 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 if
   // word is 'zero', 'one', two', 'three', or 'four', respectively.  Leave
   // meaning undefined in the default case.
-  //
+  if (word === 'zero'){
+    meaning = 0;
+  } else if (word === 'one'){
+    meaning = 1;
+  } else if (word === 'two'){
+    meaning = 2;
+  } else if (word === 'three'){
+    meaning = 3;
+  } else if (word === 'four'){
+    meaning = 4;
+  }
   // Resources:
   // <https://javascript.info/switch>
   // <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/switch>