Which do you prefer? Switch/case, if/else, dispatch table?

relatively long ago we had a process in place that allowed the same approach, we called this technique look up table... then when object-oriented programming appeared, it was very flexible to set up a dedicated class with some static properties that became flexible to use...

now with JSON and the object principle of functions it opens a large number of doors especially in functional programming, where it is possible to pass the value of a property as a function, instead of calling an if then else tree to then call an action in return... most libs out there are build on that way... included jQuery

now as pointed Ben I love using the ternary operator... and now json lookuptable can be mixed with it too....

Personally lve never heard of dispatch table.

I would think you would use the workflow and set the code out which is meaningfull to yourself.

I know one thing, for everyone that says this is what you should be using or doing there will be another with an opposing view and workflow also thinking their methods are the best approach.

Its a problem with web development, because there is no difinitive way, the only way is what the developer understands and knows and ultimately works.

Will l be investigating dispatch tables, no, never needed it so  lm thinking well lve got this far without even knowing about it so its not a necessity which is going to change my game radically enough to be considering unlike some othet development approaches which l do feel need further investigation.

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Dispatch tables are great if you can use them.  But it really depends on the situation and how complex the function is to begin with.