Reduce multiple ORs in IF statement in JavaScript
You could use an array of valid values and test it with indexOf
:
if ([1, 3, 4, 17, 80].indexOf(x) != -1)
Edit Note that indexOf
was just added in ECMAScript 5 and thus is not implemented in every browser. But you can use the following code to add it if missing:
if (!Array.prototype.indexOf)
{
Array.prototype.indexOf = function(elt /*, from*/)
{
var len = this.length >>> 0;
var from = Number(arguments[1]) || 0;
from = (from < 0)
? Math.ceil(from)
: Math.floor(from);
if (from < 0)
from += len;
for (; from < len; from++)
{
if (from in this &&
this[from] === elt)
return from;
}
return -1;
};
}
Or, if you’re already using a JavaScript framework, you can also use its implementation of that method.
switch (x) {
case 1:
case 3:
case 4:
case 17:
case 80:
//code
break;
default:
//code
}
This is a little function I found somewhere on the web:
function oc(a) {
var o = {};
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
o[a[i]] = '';
}
return o;
}
Used like this:
if (x in oc(1, 3, 4, 17, 80)) {...}
I'm using it for strings myself; haven't tried with numbers, but I guess it would work.