Javascript nested switch statement inside if else statement

Need some help with the following javascript problem that won't resolve. I'm a novice and doing my best to find a good solution so I can complete my thesis research. The code is designed to run inside an online survey program called Qualtrics. Each var represents pipped data from question responses. I have tested these and they work fine.

One of the switch works fine outside the if-else statement. However, when combined, things don't work.

Any help much appreciated.

var storeLow = ${q://QID83/ChoiceGroup/SelectedChoices};
var storeHigh = ${q://QID82/ChoiceGroup/SelectedChoices};
var cash = 0;
if(storeLow >= 1)
{
 switch(storeLow) {
  case 5: 
  cash = 200; 
  break;

  case 3:
  case 6:
  case 11:
  case 12:
  cash = 150;
  break;

  case 1:
  case 2:
  case 4:
  case 7:
  case 8:
  case 9:
  case 10:
  case 13:
  case 14:
  case 15:
  case 16:
  cash = 100;
  break;

  default:
  cash = 50;
  break;
 }
} else {
 switch(stor开发者_如何学GoeHigh) {
  case 3:
  cash = 200;
  break;

  case 6:
  case 10:
  case 11:
  case 15:
  cash = 150;
  break;

  case 1:
  case 2:
  case 4:
  case 5:
  case 7:
  case 8:
  case 9:
  case 12:
  case 13:
  case 14:
  case 16:
  cash = 100;
  break;

  default:
  cash = 50;
  break;
 }
}

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I'm going to take a wild guess here and believe that maybe one of your variables is actually carrying string values instead of integers. Try substituting:

switch(storeLow) {

...

switch(storeHigh) {

with

switch( parseInt(storeLow, 10) ) {

...

switch( parseInt(storeHigh, 10) ) {

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A better approach will be using a javascript object to assign Cash ranges, instead of using ugly code with so many switch cases:

eg.

var myCashCriteria = { '15': 100 , '16' : 100, '17' : 100,'5' : 200 }
var myCash = getCash(16);


function getCash(num)
{
   var numKey = num + '';   // convert num to string
   if(myCashCriteria[numKey])
           return myCashCriteria[numKey];
   else
           return 0 ;   // default value
}