[Tutor] Equivalent 'case' Statement

[Kinuthia Muchane]

Hi,
I messed in earlier message, my apologies.
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> Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 00:25:23 +0100
> From: "Alan Gauld" <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Equivalent 'case' statement
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> "Dinesh B Vadhia" <dineshbvadhia at hotmail.com> wrote
> 
>> Is there an equivalent to the C/C++ 'case' (or 'switch') statement 
>> in Python?
> 
> No, just if/elif
> 
> However you can often achieve similar results with a dictionary:
> 
> def func1(v): return v
> 
> def func2(v): return v*2
> 
> 
> switch = { 'val1': func1,             # use a function for each value
>                 'val2': func2,
>                  'val3': lambda v: "this is three!" }     # or use 
> lambda if preferred
> 
> val = raw_input("Value? (val1,val2,val3)")
> 
This:
> print switch.[val](val)

should be: print switch[val](val)
> 
> 
> ### which is equivalent to:
> 
> if val == 'val1': print func1(val)
> elif val == 'val2': print func2(val)
> elif val == 'val3': print "this is three"
> 
> HTH,
>