Advantage of switch over if-else statement

Question

What\'s the best practice for using a switch statement vs using an if statement for 30 unsigned enumerations where about 10 have an ex

Answer 1

Aesthetically I tend to favor this approach.

unsigned int special_events[] = {
    ERROR_01,
    ERROR_07,
    ERROR_0A,
    ERROR_10,
    ERROR_15,
    ERROR_16,
    ERROR_20
 };
 int special_events_length = sizeof (special_events) / sizeof (unsigned int);

 void process_event(unsigned int numError) {
     for (int i = 0; i < special_events_length; i++) {
         if (numError == special_events[i]) {
             fire_special_event();
             break;
          }
     }
  }

Make the data a little smarter so we can make the logic a little dumber.

I realize it looks weird. Here's the inspiration (from how I'd do it in Python):

special_events = [
    ERROR_01,
    ERROR_07,
    ERROR_0A,
    ERROR_10,
    ERROR_15,
    ERROR_16,
    ERROR_20,
    ]
def process_event(numError):
    if numError in special_events:
         fire_special_event()