C++/CLI, Strings and switch()

C++/CLI, Strings and switch()

• citifortune concepts

  Sorry when I said 'you could probably do the same in C++/CLI', I meant you achieve the effect by using a Hashtable or if statements.
  
  

• Sree Prakash

  This behavior is not achievable with C++ (native or managed). Your only recourse is to use if statements.
  
  Sorry,
  
  --
  Boris Jabes, Visual C++ Team
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• eric963258741

  Don't need the /CLI part, even with unmanaged code you could do something
  like
  
  std::map< std:tring, boost::function<void()> > strswitch;
  strswitch["Foo"] = &foo;
  strswitch["Bar"]  =  bind(MyBarObj, &CMyBar:oit );
  ...
  strswitch[ GetArg( )  ] ( );
  
  If you want to get really fancy, you can wrap this in a class so you won't need
  the trailing ( ) in strswitch[ GetArg( )  ] ( ), and/or pass the string argument to
  the called function if a map entry is initialized with a boost::function<void(string)>
  
  Without boost, you could use a void(*)( ) in the map.
  
  Regards,
  Michiel Salters
  
  

• Holywhippet

  The C# compiler actually converts the switch statement to either a Hashtable lookup or if there are not many values, to a few if statements.
  
  So you could probably do the same in C++/CLI.
  
  
  
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