do this without using an “if” | if(s == “value1”){…} else if(s == “value2”) { …}

Question

According to anti-if campaign it is a best practice not to use ifs in our code. Can anyone tell me if it possible to get rid of the if in this piece of code ? (switch is also

Answer 1

Here's one way... :)

delegate void DoStuff();

...

IDictionary dict = new Dictionary();
dict["foo"] = delegate { Console.WriteLine("some logic here"); };
dict["bar"] = delegate { Console.WriteLine("something else here"); };
dict["raboof"] = delegate { Console.WriteLine("of course I need more than just Writeln"); };
dict["foo"]();