I'm trying to make a number to month conversion. I'm trying to do it with an if statement, e.g. if(num===0) {month = "January";} else if(num===1) {month = "February";} etc. Is there a way to shorten this? I imagine it'd be something like if(num===[0,1,2,3,4,5]) {month = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June"}
In other words, is there some kind of way to use an array with an if function, while the if function goes through each one respectively? I am using the p5 library, by the way, if that makes any difference.
I think the best solution would be to use a array of months like this:
const month = [
"January",
"February",
"March",
"April",
"May",
"June",
"July",
"August",
"September",
"October",
"November",
"December"
];
const answer = month[num];
You can use a switch statement
var num = 0;
switch (num) {
case 0:
month = "January";
break;
case 1:
month = "February";
break;
case 2:
month = "March";
break;
case 3:
month = "April";
break;
case 4:
month = "May";
break;
case 5:
month = "June";
break;
default:
day = "Unknown Month";
}
Read More: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_switch.asp https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/switch
if ur ranges are mostly contiguous in nature, one way is to pre-make a lookup string that's also simultaneously the keys and the values, like
1:JAN:2:FEB:3:MAR: etc
with a constant-width nature. even 1:J:2:F:3:M:4:A….(i mean it's feasible to type in all the names there but then you'll need some padding).
and when then function is called, use a combination of match or substring functions to "cut out" the ones u need first, say "4:APR:5:MAY:6:JUN:7:JUL" (you'll have to be creative with ur own notations when u're using single letters each and when 3-5, 4-8 and 1-6-7 duplicate… or just use base-12)
if a 3-letter prefix already satisfy ur needs, then do a high-speed gsub to get rid of all the numbers and delimiters, and change them to a comma or something.
and if u opt for the full months, i dunno how much it'll help at all, but perhaps u can regex sub-in the common suffixes of 9-10-11-12 mostly in one shot, and also 1-2. 5 is already its full name.
another approach is that if ur ranges generally span more than half the year, then even a "subtraction" approach might be preferable to an "addition one" - always start with the full string with all months spelt out. then for the months missing from ur input, blank those out, and return what's leftover.
and say if ur ranges tend to cluster within the same half of the year instead of straddling, then u can even split that index key into 2 to make it faster(the savings are tiny though)