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OriginalGriff wrote: Don't use goto unless you really, really have to
Fixed that for you 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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There are times when a goto can really improve readability, rather than if...if..if..if... etc.
Having said that, I don't think I've used one in a non-assembler language for twenty or so years.
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If you're a student/junior dev though; the rule is NEVER. You're not experienced enough to ID the few cases where it really is the best choice and will just learn bad habits.
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dan neely wrote: the rule is NEVER
Absolutly true...
Learn the law!
Obey the law!
Fear the law!
Believe the law!
And THEN you can break the law!
Panic, Chaos, Destruction.
My work here is done.
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williamnw wrote: Learn the law!
Obey the law!
Fear the law!
Believe the law!
Judge Dredd wrote: I am the law!!
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Then how do you execute multiple cases in a switch in C#?
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LalalalaICantHearYouLalalalalala
Outside of a single school exercise (Generate the complete lyrics for the 12 days of Christmas) I can't think of a single case where falling through was desired behavior.
Seriously though, that's the exception which proves the rule. 
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dan neely wrote: Outside of a single school exercise (Generate the complete lyrics for the 12 days of Christmas) I can't think of a single case where falling through was desired behavior.
It does happen occasionally. My current project has two switches where it was much clearer to add a "goto" rather than convoluted logic.
The important thing, of course, is to comment it properly so everyone can see exactly what's being done, and why.
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I agree that fall-through is evil, but there are still situations where you want to execute multiple cases; if not with goto, then some other keyword, at least the goto acts as a cry for help.
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OriginalGriff wrote: goto can really improve
Nope - never happenned in, yeah probably 15 years. It never even enters the thought processes as a tool to solve a problem, and I started programming VBA macros way back.
If one of my juniors devs used a goto I'd attack him with a bar of soap, or super glue the g key to his forehead.
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RAH
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I need to convert these C++ code into C# code . What's is the easiest way ? thanks
state=1
switch (state)
{
case 1:
//do something
state++;
case 2:
//do something
if ( )
{
state++;
}
else
{
state=state+5;
}
break;
case 3:
//do something
state++;
............
case 100:
break;
}
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Good question. This code is very C++ - specific. Unfortunately I haven't time to answer you now, but I'm looking forward for someone to provide answer.
Greetings - Jacek Gajek
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Firstly, find the programmer who originally wrote this. Take him outside, and beat him senseless. It's pretty bad code as C++, and can't be directly translated into C# as the later enforces rules to prevent accidental mistakes (such as fall through of cases).
Secondly, get out a pen and paper and do a flow diagram of some sort to work out how this spagetti works. Tidy the diagram up so it can be reliably implemented in any language. Re-code into C#.
Not a quick job by any means, but it's the companies' (or whoevers') fault for allowing such rubbish to be produced in the first place!
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is it possible to replace 'switch' by 'while/for' , and 'case' by 'if'?
thanks
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Why use a case at all, it seems pretty procedural to me. You want to execute a block of code in order, your condition isn't really needed since you always increment 'state', so your select case is useless.
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I'm back.
It depends on what state is equal to. As I have understood, the state=1 line is just an example of possible value which can take state. If state would be fixed to 1 every time, 80% of could be removed, including the whole switch statement.
So the question to dec82: Is state=1 line just an example or is it actually present in the source code?
Greetings - Jacek Gajek
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Not necessarily. As Luc said earlier, this looks like a state machine implemented as a single switch block. As such, it may never exit! It could be accepting inputs from (say) Console.Readline and modifying state as a result. I've seen it done (by crap proceduraly oriented programmers) before.
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Kinda cool although unmaintainable a bit. I've posted him a link to my FSA stuff.
Greetings - Jacek Gajek
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Jacek Gajek wrote: Kinda cool although unmaintainable a bit.
Trust me, I'm not defending this code at all - I posted it to "Coding Horrors" - I like the understatement though! 
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Oh, dear
- Never use goto. It kills babies
- You just drop though each case. Why?
- You do a switch, when you've just set the variable you switch on
- You have one hundred hard-coded cases. Find out how to make that dynamic
- The switch is unnecessary. If you're just dropping through, then it won't make any difference
- You have basically implemented line labels. Why do you have line labels, when you can refactor your code
- No default: option
- The first line of is missing a semicolon
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Computafreak wrote: You just drop though each case. Why?
This is a state-machine with a selectable first state.
If C# had a "computed goto" (as Fortran has) then the switch would not be necessary.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: If C# had a "computed goto"
I'd have stuck with C++. 
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Luc Pattyn wrote: state-machine
I prefer to put the switch in a while, rather than use fall-through for that.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: This is a state-machine with a selectable first state.
If C# had a "computed goto" (as Fortran has) then the switch would not be necessary.
Or do the state machine as a "while...switch..." loop, and set the initial state before entry. That's how I've always done it (and I do go back to the old Fortran days as well ).
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I wrote this code to test:
int i=int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
switch(i)
{
case 0:
Console.WriteLine(0);
goto case 1;
case 1:
Console.WriteLine(1);
break;
}
This works. If you don't do the goto case 1 you will receive an error, and if you don't do the break at case 1 you will also receive an error.
I think the problem with your code is the lack of some "goto case x" or some "break".
--- I don't like such gotos, but if that the best way, try finding the lacking gotos / breaks.
modified on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:06 AM
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