So, as my thread title suggests, I have a question about case expressions. If I am testing for a singular label value, I can set up a case expression as either:
“first method”:
case of
(
(testVal == 1): format "testVal is 1
"
)
or
“second method”:
case testVal of
(
1: format "testVal is 1
"
)
However, say I am testing for multiple label values, as shown here:
case of
(
(testVal == 1 or testVal == 2): format "testVal is either 1 or 2
"
)
Is there any corresponding “second method” syntax for this?? Obviously the following doesn’t work:
case testVal of
(
(1 or 2): format "testVal is either 1 or 2
"
)
Am I restricted to using the first method in this situation?
Hi,
I think no. If you want two differnt results to perform the same action then call a function from your case expression
fn result test=format "test : %
" test
test=1
case test of
(
1 : result test
2 : rseult test
)
Josh.
EDIT: sorry was typing this while j-man posted. I don’t mean to be redundant.
Second method is the proper format.
If you want multiple conditions you need to list them each:
case testVal of
(
1: format "testVal is either 1 or 2
"
2: format "testVal is either 1 or 2
"
default: format "testVal is neither 1 or 2
"
)
if you are worried about duplicating code in each line make a function for common cases:
fn doSomething val=
(
format ("testVal is " + (val as string))
)
case testVal of
(
1: doSomething testVal
2: doSomething testVal
default: format "testVal is neither 1 or 2
"
)
You may want to consider just using if/else when you only have a couple case values. (i’m sure though that this is just a small sample of a bigger case)
Does this help?
Okay, thanks for the confirmation. That’s pretty much how I’ve been doing it, but I looked at my script today and was like “is this really the best way???”