[tpm] Is there a three-way version of...

[Uri Guttman]

>>>>> "JBL" == J Bobby Lopez <jbl at jbldata.com> writes:

  JBL> It basically looks like we're talking about switch statements. An
  JBL> alternate method of doing the same thing would be as follows,
  JBL> though I'm not sure how expensive it is:

  JBL> $a = "";
  JBL> $a = $b if $a = "";
  JBL> $a = $c if $a = "";
  JBL> $a = $d if $a = "";
  JBL> ...
  JBL> $a = "default" if $a = "";

regardless of expense, it helps to have it correct. if you were to check
for numbers then use ==. but for strings use 'eq'. what you have will
assign '' to $a and then fail the if each time and never assign anything
else to $a.

and the chain of if's like that is expensive compared to a chained set
of ?: as yours has to test each time whereas the other will break out
when it has to.

uri

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