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Select case #202402 21/07/08 10:38 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia T The_JD OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP The_JD Pan-dimensional mouse T Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia	is there anything like "select case"/"switch"? eg: Code: case $1 { :001 return we got 001 :002 echo -a Something else :default echo -a Default case } at the moment im using something like that, but with Goto... eg Code: goto $1 :001 { return we got 001 \| goto break } :002 { echo -a Something else \| goto break } :break (no default) Is there a cleaner way to do this? Last edited by The_JD; 21/07/08 11:39 AM. [02:16] * Titanic has quit IRC (Excess Flood)

Re: Select case The_JD #202404 21/07/08 11:23 AM
W WhipLash
WhipLash W	Im gonna ask the really dumb question: What case are we talking about? Cause 001 is ascii for some special character, and 002 is the ascii for bold. As for case: Quote: $islower(text) Returns $true if text is all lower case. $isupper(text) Returns $true if text is all upper case. But somehow i think mean the control codes..

Re: Select case #202405 21/07/08 11:35 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia T The_JD OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP The_JD Pan-dimensional mouse T Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia	Lol Sorry I mean a function that is similar to PHP's switch function... See http://au2.php.net/switch [02:16] * Titanic has quit IRC (Excess Flood)

Re: Select case The_JD #202406 21/07/08 12:02 PM
W WhipLash
WhipLash W	Ah.... While i prsonally cant answer this, but i'd also like to know.

Re: Select case The_JD #202410 21/07/08 02:17 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 G genius_at_work Hoopy frood
genius_at_work Hoopy frood G Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671	There is presently no CASE structure in mIRC, though it has been requested many times. I've seen it simulated with goto and labels. -genius_at_work

Re: Select case genius_at_work #202412 21/07/08 03:56 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia T The_JD OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP The_JD Pan-dimensional mouse T Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia	So I guess the way I'm doing it is the way to go then [02:16] * Titanic has quit IRC (Excess Flood)

Re: Select case The_JD #202413 21/07/08 05:14 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	why not just do Code: if ($1 == 001) { echo -a we got 001 } elseif ($1 == 002) { echo -a we got 002 } Anyone who says "but that's so much more code!" probably also believes in Santa Claus. It only starts becoming "more" after 10 cases at least, and anything more than 10 cases shouldn't even be a case switch anymore in mIRC-- there are many better ways to code a decision list for large decision item lists.

Re: Select case The_JD #202416 21/07/08 08:15 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,630 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,630	You can use default cases with your method like this: Code: var %a = $1 goto %a :001 { return we got 001 \| goto break } :002 { echo -a Something else \| goto break } :%a { default case code here } :break

Re: Select case hixxy #202436 22/07/08 01:48 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia T The_JD OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP The_JD Pan-dimensional mouse T Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 392 New South Wales, Australia	Originally Posted By: argv0 why not just do Code: if ($1 == 001) { echo -a we got 001 } elseif ($1 == 002) { echo -a we got 002 } Anyone who says "but that's so much more code!" probably also believes in Santa Claus. It only starts becoming "more" after 10 cases at least, and anything more than 10 cases shouldn't even be a case switch anymore in mIRC-- there are many better ways to code a decision list for large decision item lists. I'm using it to display all error messages in a large script Originally Posted By: hixxy You can use default cases with your method like this: Code: var %a = $1 goto %a :001 { return we got 001 \| goto break } :002 { echo -a Something else \| goto break } :%a { default case code here } :break Very nice idea... Dont know why I didnt think of that... Imma use it :P [02:16] * Titanic has quit IRC (Excess Flood)

Re: Select case argv0 #202833 31/07/08 09:17 AM
M MeStinkBAD
MeStinkBAD M	Originally Posted By: argv0 why not just do Code: if ($1 == 001) { echo -a we got 001 } elseif ($1 == 002) { echo -a we got 002 } Anyone who says "but that's so much more code!" probably also believes in Santa Claus. It only starts becoming "more" after 10 cases at least, and anything more than 10 cases shouldn't even be a case switch anymore in mIRC-- there are many better ways to code a decision list for large decision item lists. The amount of code is irrelevant. It's about clean looking code that can be easily understood by a quick glance. Cleaner code makes it easier to spot mistakes, resolve bugs, and just have a better idea of what the code is designed to do. It also makes code simpler to edit or extend.

Re: Select case #202841 31/07/08 05:21 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,022 France W Wims Hoopy frood
Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,022 France	Originally Posted By: MeStinkBAD The amount of code is irrelevant. It's about clean looking code that can be easily understood by a quick glance. Cleaner code makes it easier to spot mistakes, resolve bugs, and just have a better idea of what the code is designed to do. It also makes code simpler to edit or extend. This is true, and that's why i agree with argv0, use if/esleif instead of your horrible thing is really much cleaner, more easy to read/edit/extend and i would have a better idea about what the code do with if/elseif rather than with something else. #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: Select case Wims #202842 31/07/08 06:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,884 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,884 Norwich, UK	if/elseif is not the same as a select statement. Each case of a select statement cascades into the next unless explicitly told not to - this behaviour scales very poorly using if's both in terms of code readability and efficiency. Goto is the only reasonable alternative currently, but that has a number of serious limitations too.

Re: Select case starbucks_mafia #202846 31/07/08 06:39 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	People rarely intentionally make use of switch cascading, though it's the only benefit. I'll bet the OP of this thread wasn't planning on it... So the real benefit you get out of one use case is marginal, and if statements really aren't any more unreadable than goto switches when used normally. Like I said before, you don't want to have 10+ consecutive if statements in ONE alias/event just like you don't want to have 10+ consecutive switch cases in one alias/event.. they're both going to be equally large and unmanageable chunks of code. It's not about syntax, it's about size.

Re: Select case argv0 #202855 31/07/08 09:22 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 755 Arnhem, The Netherlands M Mpdreamz Hoopy frood
Mpdreamz Hoopy frood M Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 755 Arnhem, The Netherlands	Then again using cascading to your benefit could possibly be a very efficient and descriptive way of writing a routine. It's funny that in languages that do have switch/select statements alot of whisper hits the scene to get rid of elseif'ing as coding practise. Funny sidenote: VB's Select case doesnt even cascade. For that reason if this ever were to be implemented we should stick to switch/case/default as keywords and starbucks_maffia suggestion: Quote: In addition to the switch/case/default suggestion here I'll tag on a suggestion for an "else" clause in place of "default" which only triggers if no other cases have triggered (basically a "default" which can't be cascaded into). definitely has my vote. Last edited by Mpdreamz; 31/07/08 09:31 PM.

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