switch with a single character

Can anyone explain the results from switch below when a single
charachter "E" is entered? It seems to work with letter S or N...

switch("East",West=1,East=2)  # Correct

[1] 2

switch("E",W=1,E=2) # Not so correct

[1] 1

switch("E",E=1,W=2) # Even stranger

[1] "E"

switch("S",N=1,S=-1) # Correct

[1] -1

Kind regards, Henrik

Henrik Andersson
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