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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: else ladders practice
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:25:36 +0000
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On 31/10/2024 12:11, fir wrote:
> somethins i got such pices of code like
> 
> if(n==1) {/*something/}
> if(n==2) {/*something/}
> if(n==3) {/*something/}
> if(n==4) {/*something/}
> if(n==5) {/*something/}
> 
> technically i would need to add elses - but the question is if to do that

Why not ...

switch (n)
{
     case 1:
         /* something */
         break;

     case 2:
	/* etc ... */

     default:
         /* something else */
}

.... ?

> 
> do teh code has really chance to be slower without else (except some 
> very prmitive compilers) ??
> 
> not adding else makes liek code shorter.. so im not literally sure which 
> is better

The size of teh [sic] source code won't make any difference to the size 
of the executable - so aim for readability first and foremost.