Re: More on the cosmetics (if-statements)
Victor Bazarov wrote :
Andre Kostur wrote:
desktop <fff@sss.com> wrote in news:f3mgvl$med$1@news.net.uni-c.dk:
Ok but what about this (assuming that there is no such thing as a
switch):
int k = 40;
/* Case 1. */
if (k == 10) {
std::cout << "1\n";
} else
/* Case 2. */
if (k == 20) {
std::cout << "2\n";
} else
/* Case 3. */
if (k == 30) {
std::cout << "3\n";
} else
/* Case 4. */
if (k == 40) {
std::cout << "4\n";
}
/* INSTEAD OF:*/
/* Case 1: Only 1 element in the list. */
if (k == 10) {
std::cout << "1\n";
} else {
if (k == 20) {
std::cout << "2\n";
} else {
if (k == 30) {
std::cout << "3\n";
} else {
if (k == 40) {
std::cout << "4\n";
}
}
}
}
Neither:
if (k == 10)
{
std::cout << "1\n";
}
else if (k == 20)
{
std::cout << "2\n";
}
else if (k == 30)
{
std::cout << "3\n";
}
else if (k == 40)
{
std::cout << "4\n";
}
For unsigned 'k':
std::cout << "01234"[k / 10 % 5] << "\n";
:-)
V
Which is not really the same if 'k' is not either one of the values in
the if statements ;)
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