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Demokos · Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 84

I'll try to be short !!!

@PhiLho : as you I think If ... Else If is actually sufficent and Switch|Select ... Case not necessary, but I think it can be usefull for a concise and more readable code. No more no less.
- Ok to have Case Droopy instead of Case = Droopy and to have Case not Droopy too...
- For the break I think it can be an option : use break if you want to skip the other tests, for example.

@JSLover : once again there wasn't anything in my mind to offense you and I hope it wasn't the case. But I think that between "Else If Case" and "Else If" I prefer the second one, and between "If ... Else If" and "Switch/Case" I prefer the second one. That's all... So if we have the Case syntax it will be a good thing, if not never mind we will continue to use If ... Else If without any problem.

for your syntax proposal, I am OK with it with some little changes :

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

Thanks for the syntax ideas; I've made a note to read this topic again when the time comes.

As some said, I tend to agree that this is a slightly lower priority than it used to be. However, I'm still leaning toward adding it at some point.

slotboxed · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 1

It may be useful to read how php does it:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php

and javascript:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference:Statements:switch

For breaks in nested control structures,

php uses the "break 2" style and javascript uses the "break label" style.

The "break label" isn't explained very well there. Here is a page that shows nested use and another type of use for the label:

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/break.html

Here is an example of fall-through behavior (in php):

PhiLho · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Case/Switch

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10467

Thanks for the nice links and info. I do prefer to model AHK syntax after existing languages, especially when they have a particularly easy and useful syntax.

IvanZT · Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

As I can see now, this is still not implemented?

engunneer · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject:

since AHK 2.0 has not been released - that would appear to be true.
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William · Guest

I prefer 'others' to 'default'.

1. the 'others' is way existential and lowercase.*

2. Default could be interpreted as "always applied in addition to these cases"

3. Default may be misleading, because it can be made to handle a remote possibility.

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*Lowercase def.: everything that uppercase isn't.[/u]

argneo · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 124

I was just looking for something like this to use in the multi-language auto-corrector... Will it be reviewed sometime soon?
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Dra_Gon · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 208

Yo, is this one still on the board? Or is there a current workaround {i.e. function or such} which can be used?

I've used the "Select...Case...EndSelect" through IBDev and found it MUCH more useful than the "If...Else If". You'd think they would be about the same, but it just seems much clearer to me with the SCE. Just my 2 cents worth Wink

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Dra_Gon · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 208

Oh, by SCE I just meant that style. Using the brackets instead of EndSelect is just fine by me. And I simply prefer to use the Select..Case rather than the If...Else If myself. I understand that since AHK doesn't have it SOMEONE had to use the If...Else If kinda thing as a workaround. I'm just glad I didn't have to try to figure it out Wink

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THANKS! I'll check 'em out.

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Dra_Gon · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 208

Oh, now I see what you meant by yours using the If...Else If. Dang! Well, it does seem to clean it up a bit better. I'll use it and try to figure something as a function, just not sure how yet.

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