Discussion on: I've never become overly convinced that switch statements are that much cleaner than `if else if else if else if else`

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Replies for: That's why we never have switch in Python 😁 And, the dictionary is always a better and cleaner alternative for the ugly switch. def my_switcher...

Elixir :)

def my_switcher("a"), do: 1
def my_switcher("b"), do: 2
def my_switcher(), do: 3

iex(1)> Example.my_switcher("a")
1
iex(2)> Example.my_switcher("b")
2
iex(3)> Example.my_switcher()
3

kip • Jun 29 '19

Pattern matching to the rescue ?

Francisco Quintero 🇨🇴 • Jul 5 '19

Isn't this feature called method overloading ? 🤔

Giovanni Cortés • Sep 14 '20

No, because overloading is have same parameters with different types, but in patter matching you can have the same type and number of parameters but differs in the content. For example, here!

Sean Washington • Jun 29 '19

I quite like cond as well for certain situations as well.