The dictionary of functions was the way to go and does perform much faster than
if/elif's. Thank-you!
----- Original Message -----
From: inhahe
To: Dinesh B Vadhia
Cc: tutor@python.org
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Equivalent 'case' statement
no, but you can
a) use elifs
if c==1:
do this
elif c==2:
do this
elif c==3:
do this
b) make a dictionary of functions (this is faster)
def case1: do this
def case2: do that
def case3: do the other
cases = {1: case2, 2: case2, 3:case3}
cases[c]()
if your functions are one expression you could use lambdas
cases = {
1: lambda: x*2
2: lambda: y**2
3: lambda: sys.stdout.write("hi\n")
}
cases[c]()
your functions and lambdas can also take parameters of course
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Dinesh B Vadhia
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> Is there an equivalent to the C/C++ 'case' (or 'switch') statement in
> Python?
>
> Dinesh
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