CASE,SWITCH Statements

Did anybody ever use CASE and SWITCH statements in DXL? Are there any alternatives

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
Wolfgang Uhr - Fri Jul 15 05:47:28 EDT 2016

Yes and no

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
DOORSHAM - Fri Jul 15 08:31:37 EDT 2016

Wolfgang you are absolutely clear on that on -- i can even understand.

CAUK77 , yes there is an alternative and this is create your own switch function.  But it is my experience that it is more trouble than what it is worth.

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
Wolfgang Uhr - Sat Jul 16 12:57:23 EDT 2016

Case and Swicht-statemens are basic statements in any programming language. They are an alternative for something else, but not vice versa.

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
DOORSHAM - Sun Jul 17 06:19:49 EDT 2016

I don't know what IBM releases in Germany -- but there is no such thing as dxl case or switch statements in the dxl version we get.

There ain't no such critter.

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
Wolfgang Uhr - Sun Jul 17 10:41:37 EDT 2016

Thats impossible, I've written dxl code for years and I'm pretty shure, that I've used this commands. But actually, I do not have a manual for the correct syntax. But I've really never missed it.

In any case both words are valid key words: http://www.smartdxl.com/downloads/editors31.html

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
PekkaMakinen - Mon Jul 18 04:16:33 EDT 2016

"not yet supported" - see https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014534526

Re: CASE,SWITCH Statements
Wolfgang Uhr - Tue Jul 19 09:32:21 EDT 2016

Hello

Ok, you took me by surprise. But I'll ask the person who mangages my code now, because I really cannot believe it.

And by the way: An Enumeration exists!

Let me try it from the memory;

struct myEnumeration{};

myEnumeration one = (myEnumeration addr_(1));
myEnumeration two = (myEnumeration addr_(2));
myEnumeration three = (myEnumeration addr_(3));

void myEnumerationProcedure(myEnumeration enumeration) {
    if (addr_(enumeration) == addr_(one)) {
        print "one\n";
    }
    if (addr_(enumeration) == addr_(two)) {
        print "two\n";
    }
    if (addr_(enumeration) == addr_(three)) {
        print "three\n";
    }
}

myEnumerationProcedure(one);
myEnumerationProcedure(three);
myEnumerationProcedure(two);

And If you look in this forum, you'll find code examples for string enumerations.

Best regards
Wolfgang