Switch in Python

Question

I have tried making a switch like statement in python, instead of having a lot of if statements.

The code looks like this:

def findStuff(cds):
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Answer 1

I don't know which article you've found to do something like this, but this is really messy: the whole result diction will be always evaluated, and instead of doing only part of the work (as a switch / if do), you'll do the whole work everytime. (even if you use only a part of the result).

Really, a fast switch statement in Python is using "if":

if case == 1:
  pass
elif case == 2:
  pass
elif case == 3:
  pass
else:
  # default case
  pass