What is a good switch statement alternative?

Question

I have a string array containing strings of 3 letters each. Every 3 letters (every element) corresponds to a unique letter. I need to create a char array from the string array.<

Answer 1

what language are you using?

you could set up a look-up table using an array like so:

lookuptable = { {'a','abc'},{'b','abd'} ....}

then you just look up the corresponding value in the array.

if your language supports dictionaries, it'll be even easier.