Craig S <craig@removethis_birch.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> I have something like this:
>
> if (strVariable.BeginsWith("SOMETHING")
> //whatever
> if (strVariable.BeginsWith("ELSE")
> //whatever
> if (strVariable.BeginsWith("SomethingEvenLonger")
> //whatever
>
>
> Is there any way to put that in a case statement? The key to my trouble is
> that the values I want to see if it begins with are all variable length so I
> can't say switch (strVariable.SubString(0,10)) or similar... any ideas or do
> I really have to do a bunch of 'ifs' ? (There are like 10-12 of them)
>
> Or is there another more efficient approach?[/color]
Well, you could:
o Have a hashtable from leading substring to delegate, and iterate
through the table's keys, checking whether or not they're leading
substrings, and executing the delegate if not.
o Have a list of leading substrings, find the first that matches, and
then switch on that
o Use the ifs as above
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