Can Objective-C switch on NSString?

Question

Is there a more intelligent way to rewrite this?

if ([cardName isEqualToString:@\"Six\"]) {
    [self setValue:6];
} else if ([cardName isEqualToString:@\"Se         


        

Answer 1

You could set up a dictionary of blocks, like this:

NSString *lookup = @"Hearts"; // The value you want to switch on

typedef void (^CaseBlock)();

// Squint and this looks like a proper switch!
NSDictionary *d = @{
    @"Diamonds": 
    ^{ 
        NSLog(@"Riches!"); 
    },
    @"Hearts":
    ^{ 
        self.hearts++;
        NSLog(@"Hearts!"); 
    },
    @"Clubs":
    ^{ 
        NSLog(@"Late night coding > late night dancing"); 
    },
    @"Spades":
    ^{ 
        NSLog(@"I'm digging it"); 
    }
};

((CaseBlock)d[lookup])(); // invoke the correct block of code

To have a 'default' section, replace the last line with:

CaseBlock c = d[lookup];
if (c) c(); else { NSLog(@"Joker"); }

Hopefully Apple will teach 'switch' a few new tricks.