Switch statement with more than one option on a line

[xavram]

Is something like this possible? I know that as is, it throws an error.

[switch(spellName), code:
case "Barkskin": {
[h : stateName = "Barkskin2"]
[h, if(theCasterLevel >= 6) : stateName = "Barkskin3"]
[h, if(theCasterLevel >= 9) : stateName = "Barkskin4"]
[h, if(theCasterLevel >= 12) : stateName = "Barkskin5"]
[h : buff = json.set(buff, "Duration", theCasterLevel*100, "State1", stateName)]
};
case "A", "B", "Z": {
[h : buff = json.set(buff, "Duration", theCasterLevel*100, "State1", "ABorZ")]
};

But is it possible to have multiple options in a given case? If so, is there a specific syntax?

[wolph42]

yes its possible, please use code blocks and whats the error?

edit: I misread the post, no its not possible.

[xavram]

I guess i'm not clear where the "code blocks" should be in this situation.

Code as written throws

line 1:9: unexpected char: '['

as error.

Entirely of this test macro looks like...

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[h : spellName = spellName]

[h : buff = json.set("{}", "SpellName", spellName)]

[h : theCasterLevel = 10]

[switch(spellName), code:
case "Barkskin": {
	[h : stateName = "Barkskin2"]
	[h, if(theCasterLevel >= 6) : stateName = "Barkskin3"]
	[h, if(theCasterLevel >= 9) : stateName = "Barkskin4"]
	[h, if(theCasterLevel >= 12) : stateName = "Barkskin5"]
	[h : buff = json.set(buff, "Duration", theCasterLevel*100, "State1", stateName)]		
  };
case "A": {
	[h : buff = json.set(buff, "Duration", theCasterLevel*100, "State1", "ABorZ")]			
};
case "Breath of Life": {
	[h : isCureSpell = 1]
  };
case "Cleanse": {
	[h : isCureSpell = 1]
  };
case "Cure Light Wounds": {
	[h : isCureSpell = 1]
  };
case "Cure Moderate Wounds": {
	[h : isCureSpell = 1]
  };
case "Cure Serious Wounds": {
	[h : isCureSpell = 1]
  };
case "Cure Critical Wounds": {
	[h : isCureSpell = 1]
  };
case "Enlarge Person": {
	[h : buff = json.set(buff, "Duration", theCasterLevel*10, "State1", "EnlargePerson")]	
  };
default : {
    [h : tbd = 5]
  };
]

[broadcast(buff)]

And if its like that (where "A" is its own line, as opposed to something like "A", "B", "C" on that line), then it works fine.

But I was hoping there would be a way to group all the similar spells (mainly the cure ones) on a single line, for readability.

[aliasmask]

Unfortunately switch statements in java suck. You would need to go with a series of if statements, which is what I usually do.

[Full Bleed]

Or you can just give A, B, and Z their own case with the same result in each.

[aliasmask]

The weird part about java switch statement that it uses regex for the condition, so you could potentially match multiple cases, but it only executes the first or last one (I don't recall). For example:

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[H: condition = "a.*"]
[H, switch(condition):
case "apple": b = "apple";
case "ape": b = "ape";
case "bear": b = "bear";
default: b = "no choice"
]
[r: b]

output is "apple", so it's the first matching. I haven't really found a use for this.

[wolph42]

apologies, I misread your post. No that's not possible. I thought you meant the usual use of options e.g. 'h,' within switch. Everything has been said: either use multiple case lines (one for each) or switch to if()

[xavram]

Gotcha...no worries, it can be split into multiple lines...just would have made life a little easier!