Re: Switch Case Context

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 58540
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texte = on 6/22/2004 2:07 pm, devaulw@onebox.com at devaulw@onebox.com so noted... > Is there anyway to get the switch/case context to work like this (pseudo-code > follows): > [switch value=X] > [CASE value>10] A [/CASE] > [CASE value>5] B [/CASE] > [CASE value=4] C [/CASE] > [CASE value=TEXT] TEXT [/CASE] > [DEFAULT] D [/DEFAULT] You could set values based on these conditions, then perform the case based upon those. If your goal is just to set values, you don't need the [switch]. [text]theValue=D[/text] [text]numberX=[grep search=[^0-9\.-]&replace=][X][/grep][/text] [showif [numberX]>5][text]theValue=B[/text][/showif] [showif [numberX]>10][text]theValue=A[/text][/showif] [showif [numberX]=4][text]theValue=C[/text][/showif] [showif [X]=TEXT][text]theValue=TEXT[/text][/showif] [switch value=[theValue]] [case value=A] do A [/case] [case value=B] do B [/case] [case value=C] do C [/case] [case value=TEXT] do TEXT [/case] [case value=D] do D [/case] [/switch] The grep is used to give more reliable results when values other than the literal string "TEXT" are entered. There could still be unexpected results for an entry of, say "cheese 4"... but then, you're the one comparing both text and numeric values in the same field. ; ) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design 800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Switch Case Context ( Rob Marquardt 2004)
  2. Re: Switch Case Context ( John Peacock 2004)
  3. Switch Case Context ( devaulw@onebox.com 2004)
on 6/22/2004 2:07 pm, devaulw@onebox.com at devaulw@onebox.com so noted... > Is there anyway to get the switch/case context to work like this (pseudo-code > follows): > [switch value=X] > [CASE value>10] A [/CASE] > [CASE value>5] B [/CASE] > [CASE value=4] C [/CASE] > [CASE value=TEXT] TEXT [/CASE] > [DEFAULT] D [/DEFAULT] You could set values based on these conditions, then perform the case based upon those. If your goal is just to set values, you don't need the [switch]. [text]theValue=D[/text] [text]numberX=[grep search=[^0-9\.-]&replace=][X][/grep][/text] [showif [numberX]>5][text]theValue=B[/text][/showif] [showif [numberX]>10][text]theValue=A[/text][/showif] [showif [numberX]=4][text]theValue=C[/text][/showif] [showif [X]=TEXT][text]theValue=TEXT[/text][/showif] [switch value=[theValue]] [case value=A] do A [/case] [case value=B] do B [/case] [case value=C] do C [/case] [case value=TEXT] do TEXT [/case] [case value=D] do D [/case] [/switch] The grep is used to give more reliable results when values other than the literal string "TEXT" are entered. There could still be unexpected results for an entry of, say "cheese 4"... but then, you're the one comparing both text and numeric values in the same field. ; ) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design 800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Rob Marquardt

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