quick question about concatenation

[PvtBillPilgrim]

Hi.

I finished a program for a Java class I'm taking. It works properly; I just want to format it a little bit better.

I have an if-statement
if (y == 'a' || y == 'b' || y == 'c' ............... etc) that extends for a long time.

Is there anyway to easily just continue the if statement condition on the next line like you can do with string concatenation?

Thanks.
Michael

[blazedaces]

Hi.

I finished a program for a Java class I'm taking. It works properly; I just want to format it a little bit better.

I have an if-statement
if (y == 'a' || y == 'b' || y == 'c' ............... etc) that extends for a long time.

Is there anyway to easily just continue the if statement condition on the next line like you can do with string concatenation?

Thanks.
Michael

Hey Michael, why not just do something like:

switch(y) {
     case 'a':
     case 'b':
     case 'c':
     ....
     case whateverCharacter: do the thing you want in the if statement; break;
     default: whatever would go in else statement; break;
}
 

Hope that helps somewhat...

-blazed

[JosAH]

Hi.

I finished a program for a Java class I'm taking. It works properly; I just want to format it a little bit better.

I have an if-statement
if (y == 'a' || y == 'b' || y == 'c' ............... etc) that extends for a long time.

Is there anyway to easily just continue the if statement condition on the next line like you can do with string concatenation?

Thanks.
Michael

Here's a short solution to your problem:

int index= "abc.......".indexOf(y);
if (index >= 0) // found it
 

kind regards,

Jos