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Alex Pushkarev
Alex Pushkarev

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Fix my code! Chain of if-else statements.

How to get rid of a chain of if-else statements in your code? There're several ways.

👉Ignore it

Not all the code that you write can and has to be pretty and clean. Sometimes it just doesn't worth investing into making a particular code cleaner. And don't forget that any refactoring creates risk of breaking a working code.

👉Design patterns

GoF patterns offer several different ways to deal with if-else chains. Check them out!

👉Use loop

Sometimes it is possible to replace if-else statements with a loop. On the video below I show how to do that

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