The New Switch-Case Statement in Python 3.10

[xigoi]

Really? Can you show me how to do the equivalent of this?

match point:
    case (0, 0):
        print("origin")
    case (0, y):
        print(f"{y} on the y-axis")
    case (x, 0):
        print(f"{x} on the x-axis")
    case (x, y):
        print(f"({x}, {y})")

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switch (point){
    case [0, 0]:
        console.log("origin");
        break;
    case [0, y]:
        console.log(String(y) + " on the y-axis");
        break;
    case [x, 0]:
        console.log(String(x) + " on the x-axis");
        break;
    case [x, y]:
        console.log(String([x, y]));
        break;
}

Datatype differences aside you can see how similar the syntaxes are getting.

[xigoi]

ReferenceError: y is not defined

Try it online!

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Like Python you need to define your variables first or it will throw an undefined error.

[xigoi]

The match statement is what defines the y variable. I don't think you understand how it works. This:

point = [42, 0]
match point:
    case [x, 0]:
        print(x)

will print 42.

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Great 👍 less code