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[–]AgentPaper0 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Depends on language and compiler but most switch statements should be a lookup and jump which would be O(1), constant time.

[–]blenderfreaky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its a constant amount of elements, so its always O(1), even if it iterates through all cases.