Author: Fernando Martins
Make simple conditions easier to read and mantain
Answer:
Sometimes you have conditions like
1
2 if condition then
3 Result := what_ever
4 else
5 Result := something;
6
7 //Or, even worst, sometimes you have several conditions, like
8
9 if condition1 then
10 Result1 := what_ever1
11 else
12 Result1 := something1;
13
14 if condition2 then
15 Result2 := what_ever2
16 else
17 Result2 := something2;
18
19 if conditionN then
20 ResultN := what_everN
21 else
22 ResultN := somethingN;
23
24 //Woundt it be much easy to write something like
25
26 Result := IFF(condition, result_when_condition_is_true,
27 result_when_condition_is_false);
What I propose here is a simple function that will reduce simple conditions into a
single line, by receiving a condition and the values to return when the condition
is true or false.
28 function IFF(C: Boolean; T, F: Variant): Variant;
29 begin
30 if C then
31 Result := T
32 else
33 Result := F;
34 end;
35
36 Since the variables are variant type, you can pass any data type you want, like in
37 these examples:
38
39 // will return 'Correct', since the condition is true
40 MyStr = IFF(TRUE, 'Correct', 'Incorrect');
41
42 // will return 'Incorrect', since the condition is false
43 MyStr = IFF(TALSE, 'Correct', 'Incorrect');
44
45 // will return X if X > Y, otherwise returns Y
46 MyInt = IFF(X > Y, X, Y);
47
48 // will return TRUE, since TRUE or FALSE is TRUE
49 MyBool = IFF((TRUE or FALSE), TRUE, FALSE);
50
51 // will return 0, since TRUE and FALSE is FALSE
52 MyInt = IFF((TRUE and FALSE), 1, 0);
53
54 // is MyStr has a lenght grater then 0, returns its lenght, otherwise returns 0
55 MyInt = IFF(Lenght(MyStr) > 0, Lenght(MyStr), 0);
56
57 // if 'Address:' is present on MyStr, it will return the lenght of the string,
58 otherwise will return the string 'Not Found!'
59 MyVar = IFF(Pos('Address:', MyStr) > 0, Length(MyStr), 'Not found!');
60
61 // if x is smaller or equal to 1, it returns X, otherwise it returns the
62 multiplication of X by its predecessor
63 MyInt = IFF(X <= 1, X, X * (X - 1));
I've been using this funtion for a while and noticed that the code is easier to read and maintain.
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