Dynamic Strswitch Cases

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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 02:22 pm

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible for a strswitch to have variable cases, such as depending on a text wave's contents. For example, if that text wave (TWave) has elements {A,B,C}, strswitch will return 1 for A, 2 for B, and 3 for C. If the Twave has elements {D,E,F} instead, strswitch will return 1 for D, 2 for E, and 3 for F. I think strconstants may be involved with the process, but don't know how to use them effectively. Below are two of my attempts.
string str
wave/T Twave
strswitch(str)
    case TWave[0]:
        return 1
    case TWave[1]:
        return 2
    case Twave[2]:
        return 3
endswitch

or
string str
wave/T Twave
strconstant case1 = TWave[0], case2 = TWave[1], case3 = TWave[2]
strswitch(str)
    case case1:
        return 1
    case case2:
        return 2
    case case3:
        return 3
endswitch

Thank you.
In that case, I guess the only way to go about it is to use if statements.

string str
wave/T Twave
variable x
for(x = 0; x < 4; x += 1)
    if(cmpstr(str,TWave[x]) == 0)
        return (x + 1)
    endif
endfor
return (0)

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