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Re: Case statement question [message #42831 is a reply to message #42819]

Tue, 22 February 2005 15:57

Mark Hadfield
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Registered: May 1995

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David Fanning wrote:
> Michael Wallace writes:
>
>> case x of
>> 0: do_this()
>> 1: do_that(x)
>> 2: do_that(x)
>> 3: do_that(x)
>> 4: do_that(x)
>> 5: do_that(x)
>> 6: do_that(x)
>> 7: do_that(x)
>> 8: do_that(x)
>> 9: do_that(x)
>> 10: do_something_else()
>> 11: do_something_more()
>> endswitch
>>
>> Is there a way to group 1 - 9 into a single expression rather than
>> having to list each distinct number in the range?
>
> I can't tell if this is too obvious or I'm being dense:
>
> case x of
> 0: do_this()
> 10: do_something_else()
> 11: do_something_more()
> else: do_that(x)
> endcase

Another you might not have thought of:

case 1B of
(x ge 0) and (x le 9): do_that(x)
x eq 10: do_something_else()
x eq 11: do_something_more()
else: crash_and_burn
endcase

It's a bugger to indent, though.

--
Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

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		Re: Case statement question By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 23 February 2005 12:11
		Re: Case statement question By: R.G.Stockwell on Wed, 23 February 2005 09:19
		Re: Case statement question By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 23 February 2005 08:32
		Re: Case statement question By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 23 February 2005 08:31
		Re: Case statement question By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 22 February 2005 15:57
		Re: Case statement question By: Benjamin Hornberger on Tue, 22 February 2005 15:51
		Re: Case statement question By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 22 February 2005 15:50
		Re: Case statement question By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 22 February 2005 15:44
		Re: Case statement question By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 February 2005 15:37
		Re: Case statement question By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 22 February 2005 15:35

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