IF THEN vs Switch

[iamdannywyatt]

@cdthomer

In this example, the button (R)eveal is assigned to the R key, and (O)pen is assigned to the O key. Additionally, I put those letters in parenthesis just to visually indicate that those are the assigned keys in the actual prompt. (click to expand/collapse)

Last night I used this trick on an old macro, using the assigned key in parenthesis
This is a great trick. Thanks!

[iamdannywyatt]

I was checking the wiki page. I can see how using just / or /. is assigned to Enter/Return or Escape. Thanks

[cdthomer]

@iamdannywyatt

This is a great trick. Thanks!

Glad to help! It is great being able to assign buttons to keys.

[iamdannywyatt]

@noisneil

Potentially, yes, but it's often more readable If you can explicitly see the options on either side of the switch; like a reminder of what the conditions might be without having to scroll up and find out.

Do you mind sharing the 2 versions so I can see what you mean?

[iamdannywyatt]

@noisneil

This is a good example of the readability factor I was trying to describe

Yes, I can see how having Switch instead of IF THEN looks better and cleaner, especially when it comes to nesting IF THEN actions, which is kinda messy

[iamdannywyatt]

@_jims

The first.

I think the wiki page explains this

The actions in the first section that matches will be executed. If no section matches, then no actions will be executed and the execution will continue after the Switch/Case action. Under no circumstances will actions from more than one section be executed - that is, execution does not “fall through” to following sections as happens in some languages.

So basically, once there's a match (reading top to bottom), it leaves the Switch action and goes to the next action.

[iamdannywyatt]

Thank you all for sharing your approaches to Switch vs If Then.
Always learning a few tricks here and there