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Python style switches. Showing several ways of making a 'switch' in python.

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#==================================================
#   1. Select non-function values:
#==================================================

location = 'myHome'  
fileLocation = {'myHome'   :path1,
                'myOffice' :path2,
                'somewhere':path3}[location]

#==================================================
#   2. Select functions:
#==================================================

functionName = input('Enter a function name')
eval('%s()'% functionName )

#==================================================
#   3. Select values with 'range comparisons':
#==================================================
#
# Say, we have a range of values, like: [0,1,2,3]. You want to get a
# specific value when x falls into a specific range:
#
# x<0   : 'return None'
# 0<=x<1: 'return 1'
# 1<=x<2: 'return 2'
# 2<=x<3: 'return 3'
# 3<=x  : 'return None'
# 
# It is eazy to construct a switch by simply making the above rules
# into a dictionary:

selector={ 
   x<0    : 'return None',
   0<=x<1 : 'return 1',
   1<=x<2 : 'return 2',
   2<=x<3 : 'return 3',
   3<=x   : 'return None'
   }[1]  

# During the construction of the selector, any given x will turn the
# selector into a 2-element dictionary:

selector={ 
   0 : 'return None',
   1 : #(return something you want),
   }[1]  

# This is very useful in places where a selection is to be made upon any
# true/false decision. One more example:

selector={
  type(x)==str  : "it's a str",
  type(x)==tuple: "it's a tuple",
  type(x)==dict : "it's a dict"
  } [1]

#==================================================
#   4. Select functions with 'range comparisons':
#==================================================
#
# You want to execute a specific function when x falls into a specific range:

functionName={
   x<0   : 'setup',
   0<=x<1: 'loadFiles',
   1<=x<2: 'importModules'
   }[1]  

eval('%s()'% functionName )

  

Be careful when selecting functions using the 'dictionary-based' switches :

If it is constructed this way:

aFunction={ xBe careful when selecting functions using the 'dictionary-based' switches :

If it is constructed this way:

aFunction={ x

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Runsun Pan (author) 20 years, 1 month ago  # | flag

double posting.

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Runsun Pan (author) 20 years, 1 month ago  # | flag

double posting.

Somehow the submitting program went crazy by submitting 2 copies
at the same time. This page is a duplication of:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/269708

and will no longer be maintained. Please don't add comment on
this page.

(does any one knows how  to delete a recipe ?)
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