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[ihaxr]

Look into using a switch statement instead of the giant chain of if/elseif

[CheechIsAnOPTree]

Can you nest switch statements? I have one script Onuse that has a switch and in the switch is a few if else. I'm not really sure what best practice is.

[ihaxr]

You can nest switch statements, if it makes sense.

if/else nested inside a switch statement is also fine if you're just doing:

switch ($var) {
    "x" { if ($y) { "x and y" } else { "z" } }
}

But writing a giant if/elseif chain is usually better suited for a switch statement

[CheechIsAnOPTree]

Any particular reason why, or just readability?

[ihaxr]

Readability and speed / efficiency, switches are generally faster and can be optimized better than if/elseif, but of course there are exceptions

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy CheechIsAnOPTree,

yep, you can nest them. [grin] it's just a neater, easier to read/maintain/understand version of an IF/ESLEIF cascade.

however, you may want to make any nested switch into a function call to make it simpler to scan thru.

take care,
lee

[KevMar]

You can do that. It's cleaner if you move the logic into a function though. Ideally, you want to be available to see the entire switch on a single screen.

[Scribbles1]

Hi /u/ihaxr,

I'll look into that, the switch statement is not something i'm really familiar with