Switch on ranges of integers in JavaScript
Here is another way I figured it out:
const x = this.dealer;
switch (true) {
case (x < 5):
alert("less than five");
break;
case (x < 9):
alert("between 5 and 8");
break;
case (x < 12):
alert("between 9 and 11");
break;
default:
alert("none");
break;
}
Javascript -Switch Ranges on Floating Point Numbers
Don't use switch
, use if
/else
.
if (average > 1 && average <= 1.5) {
// do something
} else if (average > 0.5 && average <= 1) {
// do something
} else if (average > 0 && average <= 0.5) {
// do something
}
How can I use ranges in a switch case statement using JavaScript?
You have at least four options:
1. List each case
As shown by LightStyle, you can list each case explicitly:
switch(myInterval){
case 0:
case 1:
case 2:
doStuffWithFirstRange();
break;
case 3:
case 4:
case 5:
doStuffWithSecondRange();
break;
case 6:
case 7:
doStuffWithThirdRange();
break;
default:
doStuffWithAllOthers();
}
2. Use if
/ else if
/ else
If the ranges are large, that gets unwieldy, so you'd want to do ranges. Note that with if...else if...else if
, you don't get to the later ones if an earlier one matches, so you only have to specify the upper bound each time. I'll include the lower bound in /*...*/
for clarity, but normally you would leave it off to avoid introducing a maintenance issue (if you include both boundaries, it's easy to change one and forget to change the other):
if (myInterval < 0) {
// I'm guessing this is an error
}
else if (/* myInterval >= 0 && */ myInterval <= 2){
doStuffWithFirstRange();
}
else if (/* myInterval >= 3 && */ myInterval <= 5) {
doStuffWithSecondRange();
}
else if (/* myInterval >= 6 && */ myInterval <= 7) {
doStuffWithThirdRange();
}
else {
doStuffWithAllOthers();
}
3. Use case
with expressions:
JavaScript is unusual in that you can use expressions in the case
statement, so we can write the if...else if...else if
sequence above as a switch
statement:
switch (true){
case myInterval < 0:
// I'm guessing this is an error
break;
case /* myInterval >= 0 && */ myInterval <= 2:
doStuffWithFirstRange();
break;
case /* myInterval >= 3 && */ myInterval <= 5:
doStuffWithSecondRange();
break;
case /* myInterval >= 6 && */ myInterval <= 7:
doStuffWithThirdRange();
break;
default:
doStuffWithAllOthers();
}
I'm not advocating that, but it is an option in JavaScript, and there are times it's useful. The case
statements are checked in order against the value you give in the switch
. (And again, lower bounds could be omitted in many cases because they would have matched earlier.) Even though the case
s are processed in source-code order, the default
can appear anywhere (not just at the end) and is only processed if either no case
s matched or a case
matched and fell through to the default (didn't have a break
; it's rare you want to do that, but it happens).
4. Use a dispatch map
If your functions all take the same arguments (and that could be no arguments, or just the same ones), another approach is a dispatch map:
In some setup code:
var dispatcher = {
0: doStuffWithFirstRange,
1: doStuffWithFirstRange,
2: doStuffWithFirstRange,
3: doStuffWithSecondRange,
4: doStuffWithSecondRange,
5: doStuffWithSecondRange,
6: doStuffWithThirdRange,
7: doStuffWithThirdRange
};
Then instead of the switch:
(dispatcher[myInterval] || doStuffWithAllOthers)();
That works by looking up the function to call on the dispatcher
map, defaulting to doStuffWithAllOthers
if there's no entry for that specific myInterval
value using the curiously-powerful ||
operator, and then calling it.
You can break that into two lines to make it a bit clearer:
var f = dispatcher[myInterval] || doStuffWithAllOthers;
f();
I've used an object for maximum flexibility. You could define dispatcher
like this with your specific example:
var dispatcher = [
/* 0-2 */
doStuffWithFirstRange,
doStuffWithFirstRange,
doStuffWithFirstRange,
/* 3-5 */
doStuffWithSecondRange,
doStuffWithSecondRange,
doStuffWithSecondRange,
/* 6-7 */
doStuffWithThirdRange,
doStuffWithThirdRange
];
...but if the values aren't contiguous numbers, it's much clearer to use an object instead.
Javascript Switch Range
Change switch(strength)
to switch(true)
. This should work since you are comparing the results of the case statements to the value true
, not to the value of strength
.
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/eusw15g9/
See this accepted answer for more info: Expression inside switch case statement
Javascript conditional statements with range input values
if (score >= 1 && score < 3) {
// do something
} else if (score >= 3 && score < 5) {
// do something
}
... and so on
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