switch statements with greater/less than operators

How would I create a switch statement that would have cases such as 'x < r' or something like that if x is the switch parameter?

Something like-

Code:

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char x=10;
switch(x)
{
        case > 1: cout << "x is greater than 1"; break;
        case < 1: cout << "x is less than 1"; break;
        default: cout << "Other..."; break;
}

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>>How would I create a switch statement that would have cases such as 'x < r' or something like that if x is the switch parameter?
You can't, switch cases have to be integral literals. Use an if/else series instead :-)

EDIT:
Or you can use a true/false switch if that's all you want

Code:

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switch (x > 1)
{
case true: // Something
case false: // Something else
}

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I don't think the true/false statement would work in my case. Just in my sloppy code if/else if statements just make the code look that much worse.

Using the ternary operator you could do a one-liner and perhaps not sacrifice the purtiness of your code...

Code:

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(x > 1 ? cout << "greater that one" : cout << "less than one");

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You could expand on both replies

Code:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std; //introduces namespace std

int main ( void )
{
  int x=5, y=8;
       
  switch(x > y ? true : false) // or 1 : 0
  {
      case true:  cout << x
                      << " is greater than "
                      << y;
         
                      break;
               
      case false: cout << y
                      << " is greater than "
                      << x;
         
                      break;
  };       
       
  return 0;
}

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>>switch(x > y ? true : false) // or 1 : 0
Why do that? Using a relational operator automatically returns true and false, it's redundant to do it explicitly :-)

Dunno... my mind wanders at times since I'm going back and forth between this board, researching for a paper, and checking E-mail. :P

"How would I create a switch statement that would have cases such as 'x < r' or something like that if x is the switch parameter?"

Code:

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if (x < r) {

}

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Functionality over visuality.