Switch-Case
The scope of applications for UnigineScript is limited to implementing materials-related logic (material expressions, scriptable materials, brush materials). Do not use UnigineScript as a language for application logic, please consider C#/C++ instead, as these APIs are the preferred ones. Availability of new Engine features in UnigineScipt (beyond its scope of applications) is not guaranteed, as the current level of support assumes only fixing critical issues.
The switch-case conditional statement is an alternative to the if-else statement. It consists of aswitch part, which holds an expression that should evaluate to an integer result, and several case blocks, which define possible integer results and corresponding actions. This statement is more efficient than the if-else statement and should be preferred, if the tested expression returns an integer and there will be multiple branches based on its result.
Syntax
switch(expression) {
case constant:
// some_code;
break;
// …;
default:
// some_code;
break;
}
Parts
- expression is a condition.
- constant can be an integer or an enumeration member or an exported variable. It can also be typeid(type) statement (see the example below
- default is a label that specifies a code block which will be executed when none of the constants listed are matched. The default block is optional.
Example
enum {
THREE = 3,
};
switch(6 * 1) {
case 1:
log.message("one\n");
break;
case 2:
log.message("two\n");
break;
case THREE:
log.message("three\n");
break;
case 4:
case 5:
log.message("four, five\n");
break;
default:
log.message("default\n");
break;
- There should be no whitespace between the word "default" and the following colon. Also, there should be no other labels with the name "default" within the script.
- Values for case comparisons are pre-compiled. Therefore, if an exported variable is used as a constant in such a comparison, and if its value is changed in the C++ code, the old value will be used nevertheless.
It is possible to use typeid(variable_type) as a constant for a case within a switch. This function checks if the variable belongs to a specified type and performs a corresponding action.
Variable data = node.getData();
switch(typeid(data)) {
case typeid(int):
log.message("int\n");
break;
case typeid(float):
log.message("float\n");
break;
case typeid(vec3):
log.message("vec3\n");
break;
case typeid(vec4):
log.message("vec4\n");
break;
case typeid(string):
log.message("string\n");
break;
}
Last update:
24.11.2020
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