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| From | gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: writing code for people who don't know the language |
| Date | 2015-06-11 11:43 +0000 |
| Organization | The official candy of the new Millennium |
| Message-ID | <mlbs8f$7lv$1@news.xmission.com> (permalink) |
| References | <5c0c353e-3650-4ab7-a956-0ddfc39b0507@googlegroups.com> <mlahfh$6b8$1@dont-email.me> <style-20150611023051@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <mlbnrj$qnj$1@dont-email.me> |
In article <mlbnrj$qnj$1@dont-email.me>, Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
...
>You think this is clearer? The correct way of writing your example is
>like this, if you only want one return point (and where actual code
>couldn't be better expressed as a switch or table look-up):
>
> if ( a == 0 ) result = "zero";
> else if( a == 1 ) result = "one";
> else if( a == 2 ) result = "two";
> else if( a == 3 ) result = "three";
> else result = "four";
> return result;
No, the *right* way to do this is:
/* Initializations of "numstrings" array not shown */
return numstrings[a];
That's the way I usually end up organizing these sorts of problems.
--
There are many self-professed Christians who seem to think that because
they believe in Jesus' sacrifice they can reject Jesus' teachings about
how we should treat others. In this country, they show that they reject
Jesus' teachings by voting for Republicans.
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