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 goes mine. Using LINQ and Factory Pattern :D

class FactoryString
    {
    static FactoryString()
    {
    private static Dictionary dictionary = new Dictionary 
    { 
        {"foo", "some logic here"},
        {"bar", "something else here"},
        {"raboof", "of course I need more than just Writeln"},
    };
}

public static string getString(string s)
{
    return dictionary.Single(x => x.Key.Equals(s)).Value;
}

}

static void main()
{
  Console.WriteLine(FactoryString.getString("foo"));
}