Which would you prefer and why?

Omar Lozada — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 05:47:12 +0000

I recently wrote a small function. And thought of different ways of implementing it.

Basically the function accepts a parameter and do string manipulation.
Which would be preferred?

function (arg) {
  let optionResult = ''

  if (arg === 'option1') {
    optionResult = // do stuff for option1
  } else if (arg === 'option2') {
    optionResult = // do stuff for option2
  } else if (arg === 'option3') {
    optionResult = // do stuff for option3
  }

  return optionResult
}

or instead

function (arg) {
  let optionResult = {
    'option1': // do stuff for option1,
    'option2': // do stuff for option2,
    'option3': // do stuff for option3
  }

  return optionResult[arg]
}

Hi, I'm Omar Lozada

Omar Lozada — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:58:36 +0000

I have been coding for 3 years.

You can find me on GitHub as lozadaOmr

I live in Philippines.

I mostly program in these languages: Python, PHP.

I am currently learning more about infrastructure automation (Ansible).

Nice to meet you.

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Which would you prefer and why?

Hi, I'm Omar Lozada