Is there any alternative way of writing this switch statement(C#3.0)
- by Newbie
Can it be done in a better way
public static EnumFactorType GetFactorEnum(string str)
{
Standardization e = new Standardization();
switch (str.ToLower())
{
case "beta":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.BETA;
break;
case "bkp":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.BOOK_TO_PRICE;
break;
case "yld":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.DIVIDEND_YIELD;
break;
case "growth":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.GROWTH;
break;
case "mean":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.MARKET_CAP;
break;
case "momentum":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.MOMENTUM;
break;
case "size":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.SIZE;
break;
case "stat_fact1":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.STAT_FACT_1;
break;
case "stat_fact2":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.STAT_FACT_2;
break;
case "value":
e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.VALUE;
break;
}
return e.FactorType;
}
If I create a Static class(say Constatant) and declare variable like
public static string BETA= "beta";
and then if I try to put that in the Case expression like
Case Constants.BETA : e.FactorType = EnumFactorType.BETA;
break;
then the compiler will report error.(quite expected)
So is there any other way?(I canot change the switch statement)
Using C#3.0
Thanks
