UPDATE SQL statement

Hello friends,

I want to update all F (female) and M (Male) values (change all F values to M and vice versa) as per below table.

Id >> Name >> Sex >> Salary
1 >> A >> M >> 6000
2 >> B >> F >> 3500
3 >> C >> M >> 8500
4 >> D >> F >> 600

How should I write the query to update the values?
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Ajit KhodkeDigital Marketing ProfessionalAsked:
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Jim HornMicrosoft SQL Server Developer, Architect, and AuthorCommented:
Not sure what you mean here.  If the question is 'how do I flip flop values in a column', then give the below a whirl... 
UPDATE YourTable
SET Sex = CASE Sex WHEN 'M' THEN 'F' WHEN 'F' THEN 'M' END

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If there's any other logic, then please spell it out in greater detail.
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bbaoIT ConsultantCommented:
or

UPDATE your_table
SET sex = IIF(sex = 'M', 'F', IIF(sex = 'F', 'M', 'F'))
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Jim HornMicrosoft SQL Server Developer, Architect, and AuthorCommented:
IF is 2012 and above, and I wasn't sure what version of SQL we're on here, so I gave a CASE answer.

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Ajit KhodkeDigital Marketing ProfessionalAuthor Commented:
Fixed..
Thanks  Jim and bbao for great solution.
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