note 104490 added to control-structures.switch

I often find myself wanting an inline-switch statement (like the ?: for inline if) or "choose" function, to pick a single value out of a list based on a variable index... just a convenience function really, but I like compact code... function iswitch( $index, $OPTIONS ) { return @$OPTIONS[$index-1]; } usage: echo iswitch( $roll, array( 'rock', 'paper', 'scissors' ) ); I know there is a function for returning a random element from an array, and on a pre-defined array you can pull the item at a given index. But there is no method for quickly grabbing item x out of a list inline. (unless there are only 2 options, then the ?: operator works fine) ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 67.0.3.235 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/104490 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104490 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/104490 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php