Posted by Ted on 01/03/07 19:49

I have a small pre-determined number of possible values for a variable, and
I would like to set a value for the corresponding 'switch type' variable.

For example, if $x is 14, I want to execute the following statement:
$switch_14 = "on";

In general, I want something like this:
$switch_.$x = "on";

I know I could build a switch/case structure since the values for $x are
known and there are only a dozen or so of them, but it would seem more
elegant and/or compact to do it another way.

I've looked at eval() and variable variables and can't seem to get anything
to work.
I've also read the quote "If eval is the answer, you're asking the wrong
question".

Thanks for any help you can provide.

T

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