On Sunday 12 June 2005 07:33 am, Dan Sommers wrote:
> > There is no case statement in Python. If you don't care about
> > readability, one alternative is to use a dictionary:
>
> > case = {5: do_this, 6: do_that}
> > case.get(x, do_something_else)()
>
> I find this very readable. YMMV.
Yeah, and I find this even more so:
case = {
5: do_this,
6: do_that,
}
case.get(x, do_default)()
Which is looking pretty close to a case statement, anyway.
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