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How can I optimize this code for better readability?

I'm not a good programmer, for my bodypart-based collision detection in a game in unity I'm making I've ended up with a switch that looks like this despite my best attempts to simplify and shorten it:
public void GetCollision(Collision2D col) {
if (attackType == -1) {
if (col.gameObject.name == "Sword") {
hitboxDisable();
} else if (col.gameObject.name == "Player") {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
}
}
if (col.gameObject.name == "Player_Body") {
switch (attackType) {
case -2: {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
}
break;
case 0:
if (!pa.playerIsDodging) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
pa.dodgeOnCooldown = false;
pa.resetDodgeRoutine();
hitboxDisable();
}
break;
case 1:
if (!swordSrc.isDefendingLegRight) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
break;
case 2:
if (!swordSrc.isDefendingArmRight) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
break;
case 3:
if (!swordSrc.isDefendingHeadRight) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
break;
case 4:
if (!swordSrc.isDefendingLegLeft) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
break;
case 5:
if (!swordSrc.isDefendingArmLeft) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
break;
case 6:
if (!swordSrc.isDefendingHeadLeft) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
break;
}
if (weaponBlocked == true) {
hitboxDisable();
RandomOpening();
ApplyForce(testvar1, testvar2);
weaponBlocked = false;
}
}
}
How can this be shortened and optimized for better readability? I'm new to C# and what little of my programming has been in C, I know there are a lot of ways to improve readability in C# I just don't know when/how to apply them. Suggestions would be much appreciated, I'm willing to try and learn anything, I want to try and avoid ending up with big switch statements like this if possible. Even just a suggestion what to apply here would be really appreciated, an example would be great.
I made the attackTypes into integers, they could have been strings but I chose not to because to my understanding strings take longer to compare. The attackType value specifies in the switch where the attack is targeting and if/how to block it, then if it was blocked.

Case 1-6 seem very similar. You can make use of a local function
public void GetCollision(Collision2D col) {
// this is a local function which you can only use inside this function
// which can be useful if you have a short repeating pattern inside the function
// and don't need it anywhere else
void _handleHit(bool isDefending) {
if (isDefending) {
pim.PlayerDamage(5);
} else {
weaponBlocked = true;
}
}
[...] // your code
switch (attackType) {
[...] // your code
case 1: _handleHit(!swordSrc.isDefendingLegRight); break;
case 2: _handleHit(!swordSrc.isDefendingArmRight); break;
case 3: _handleHit(!swordSrc.isDefendingHeadRight); break;
...
}
}
You could also take a look at C# enums and replace attackType with a readable version.
// Declaring the enum
public enum AttackType { Direct, LeftArm, ... }
// Then in a switch case you can do:
switch (attackType) {
case AttackType.Direct: ...
case AttackType.LeftArm: ...
}

One thing would be to create a enum to describe the bodyparts, i.e.
public enum Bodypart{
None,
Head,
LeftArm,
RightArm,
LeftLeg,
RightLeg,
}
This could allow you to replace all the isDefendingArmLeft properties with a DefendingBodyPart. Likewise your attacks could be described by a combination of attack type and bodypart, this also removes the need to guess what attackType = -2 means:
public enum Attacktype{
Magic,
Sword,
Bodypart,
}
So that you can check first if the attacker attacks a specific body-part, and if the target is defending that specific body-part. If you want to allow defense or attack of multiple bodyparts you could use a [Flags] enum with one bit per bodypart.

Quickest way to iterate through two lists and see if Values match

I have two separate lists I generate from different databases. I then compare those two by looking for a matching ID, if the ID matches I assign some variables. The issue I am running into is the way I iterate and compare is by using find method in LINQ. This seems very slow when dealing with lots of data. Here is my code
private void GetSerialNumber(POSHData poshData, MerchantTerminal foundTerminal)
{
var result = poshData.poshSerialNumbers.Find(x => x.termid == foundTerminal.terminalID);
if (result != null)
{
foundTerminal.terminalSerialNumber = result.terminalSerialNumber;
foundTerminal.pinPadSerialNumber = result.pinPadSerialNumber;
foundTerminal.appName = result.appName;
foundTerminal.appVersion = result.appVersion;
foundTerminal.pINPadRecord = result.pinPadRecord;
foundTerminal.terminalRecord = result.terminalRecord;
foundTerminal.LastTransactionDateTime = result.LastTransaction;
if (foundTerminal.pinPadSerialNumber.Length == 0)
{
foundTerminal.pinPadSerialNumber = result.pinPadSerialNumber;
}
switch (result.SettlementType)
{
case "2":
foundTerminal.PABX = "Journal";
break;
case "3":
foundTerminal.PABX = "Batch Close Required";
break;
default:
foundTerminal.PABX = "Unknown";
break;
}
foundTerminal.AdviceText = result.tranAdjust;
foundTerminal.AuthOnly = result.tranAuthOnly;
}
}
What would be the fastest and efficient way to do this? Thanks for the help!

var result = poshData.poshSerialNumbers
.Where(x => x.Key == foundTerminal.terminalID)
.FirstOrDefault();

How to store outcome of switch statement into an object in c#

Is it possible to create an object that stores the outcome of the switch statement in c#? Because my end goal is to compare the object in an if statement, and if that's true then it will print a writeline.
switch (results)
{
case 1:
checkingWriter.WriteLine("text");
break;
case 0:
checkingWriter.WriteLine("text");
error_Found = true;
break;
case -1:
checkingWriter.WriteLine("text");
error_Found = true;
break;
case -2:
checkingWriter.WriteLine("text");
error_Found = true;
break;
case -3:
checkingWriter.WriteLine("text");
error_Found = true;
break;
}

You are mixing both side effects and the computation of a value; this is a bad code smell and you might consider separating that logic.
To address your specific question: at this time there is no easy way to get a value computed by a particular switch case section out of the switch. However, this feature has been proposed for C# 8.0, so it seems likely that you'll get some version of this. See the link below for the proposal:
https://neelbhatt.com/2018/05/19/c-8-0-expected-features-part-iii-switch-statments/

Yes, something like (but very basic since we do not have any details):
var objectToCheck = ...; // Some initialized value or null
switch(...)
{
case ...:
objectToCheck = ...
break;
case ...:
objectToCheck = ...
break;
...
default:
Error handling
}
if (objectToCheck ==/.Equals(...) ) // Check object

create variable before switch statement begins, store the switch case result in variable. After switch ends, use the variable in the if condition.
var result = null;
switch (caseSwitch)
{
case 1:
result = fn1();
break;
case 2:
result = fn2();
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("Default case");
break;
}
if(result == 'your condition')
do something

There are not enough details but may this works, or give you a new idea:
public class Foo
{
public static bool operator !=(Foo foo1, int results){
return results <= 0;
}
public static bool operator ==(Foo foo1, int results){
switch(results)
{
case 1:
Console.WriteLine("All gones good");
return false;
case 0:
Console.WriteLine("Nothing happend");
break;
case -1:
Console.WriteLine("Error 183");
break;
case -2:
Console.WriteLine("Fatal Error");
break;
case -3:
Console.WriteLine("The user doesn't exists");
break;
default:
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
And when you use it:
public static void Main()
{
Foo foo = new Foo();
int results = 0;
// makes some logic that fills results
if(foo == results){
Console.WriteLine("Do Something Custom Here");
}
results = -1;
if(foo == results){
Console.WriteLine("Do Another Something Custom Here");
}
}
It will give you in console something like this:
//Nothing happend
//Do Something Custom Here
//Error 183
//Do Another Something Custom Here

C# Switch-case string end with

Is there any way to make a case condition in a switch statement where you say if a string end with something?
switch (Pac.Sku)
{
case "A":
pacVM.Sucursal = "Managua";
break;
case "B":
pacVM.Sucursal = "Masaya";
break;
case "C":
pacVM.Sucursal = "Leon";
break;
default:
pacVM.Sucursal = "N/A";
break;
}

Get the last character of the string, and switch over the result:
switch (Pac.Sku.Last())
{
case 'A':
pacVM.Sucursal = "Managua";
break;
case 'B':
pacVM.Sucursal = "Masaya";
break;
case 'C':
pacVM.Sucursal = "Leon";
break;
default:
pacVM.Sucursal = "N/A";
break;
}
If the string could be null or empty use something like this function instead of Last(). This function returns null if the string is null, null if the string is empty, and the last character of the string if it is not null or empty:
char? GetLast(string s)
{
return s?.Length > 0 ? s.Last() : (char?)null;
}
Switch:
switch(GetLast(Pac.Sku))

You can
use pattern matching feature of C# 7.0 to achieve this. Here is a very basic example:
var t = "blah";
switch (t)
{
case var a when t.EndsWith("bl"):
Console.WriteLine("I'm not here");
break;
case var b when t.EndsWith("ah"):
Console.WriteLine("I'm here");
break;
}

You can get creative with a Func<string, string>[] like this:
Func<string, string>[] cases = new Func<string, string>[]
{
x => x.EndsWith("A") ? "Managua" : null,
x => x.EndsWith("B") ? "Masaya" : null,
x => x.EndsWith("C") ? "Leon" : null,
x => "N/A",
};
Func<string, string> #switch = cases.Aggregate((x, y) => z => x(z) ?? y(z));
string result = #switch(Pac.Sku);
I have tested this with sample input that matches each of the cases and it works just fine.
One significant advantage with this approach is that you can build the Func<string, string>[] at run-time. Nice for creating configurable solutions.
You're also not limited to just using EndsWith - any condition can be used that suits the purpose.

I think it's not a way!
You can only use the if-else
if (Pac.Sku.EndsWith("A") )
{
pacVM.Sucursal= "Managua";
}
else if (Pac.Sku.EndsWith("B"))
{
pacVM.Sucursal= "Masaya";
}
else if (Pac.Sku.EndsWith("C"))
{
pacVM.Sucursal= "Leon";
}
else
{
pacVM.Sucursal= "N/A";
}

is there any way to simplify this double conditional clauses structure?

for example
if (x=="A)
switch (y)
{
case "1": Do1();break;
case "2": Do2();break;
case "3": Do3();break;
}
else if (x=="B")
switch (y)
{
case "1": Do4();break;
case "2": Do5();break;
case "3": Do6();break;
}
else
switch (y)
{
case "1": Do7();break;
case "2": Do8();break;
case "3": Do9();break;
}
I wish I could do the following, however it has many redundant checks.
if (x=="A" && y=="1")
Do1();
else if (x=="A" && y=="2")
Do2();
else if (x=="A" && y=="3")
Do3();
else if (x=="B" && y=="1")
Do4();
else if (x=="B" && y=="2")
Do5();
else if (x=="B" && y=="3")
Do6();
else if (x=="C" && y=="1")
Do7();
else if (x=="C" && y=="2")
Do8();
else if (x=="C" && y=="3")
Do9();

Suggestion to introduce OOPS is really great, please do not ignore that comment. For time being you can write your code like this.
var combinedText = x+y;
switch(combinedText)
{
case "A1": Do1(); break;
case "A2": Do2(); break;
case "A3": Do3(); break;
case "B1": Do4(); break;
case "B2": Do5(); break;
case "B3": Do6(); break;
case "C1": Do7(); break;
case "C2": Do8(); break;
case "C3": Do9(); break;
}

Your code currently has two responsibilities - deciding what set of methods to execute (varible x) and deciding which exact method to execute (varible y). Simplest option to make code much more clear - split this responsibilities and extract methods, that will decide which method from set of methods to call
switch (x)
{
case "A": DoA(y); break;
case "B": DoB(y); break;
default:
DoDefault(y); break;
}
Now your caller code is simple. And here is one of DoX methods:
private void DoA(string y)
{
switch (y)
{
case "1": Do1(); break;
case "2": Do2(); break;
case "3": Do3(); break;
}
}
Other option is to make .net to decide which set of methods to call, by using polymorphism. But in your simple case with only one switch(x) block, I will not recommend to do that. If your real code is more complex, then consider to extract classes which will hold set of functionality (Do1, Do2, Do3) and will decide upon that functionality execution. E.g. calling code:
IDo ido = CreateIDo(x);
ido.Do(y);
Yes, that's all. Extremely clean. Here is IDo interface creation code:
public static IDo CreateIDo(string x)
{
switch (x)
{
case "A": return new A();
case "B": return new B();
default:
return new C();
}
}
And here is class A, that encapsulates first set of methods and decisions upon executing them:
public interface IDo
{
void Do(string y);
}
public class A : IDo
{
public void Do(string y)
{
switch (y)
{
case "1": Do1(); break;
case "2": Do2(); break;
case "3": Do3(); break;
}
}
private void Do1() { }
private void Do2() { }
private void Do3() { }
}
Again, use this in case your real code is more complex.

I would use an IEnumerable collection of Tuples and an Action delegate to define your list of methods to be called, create the list as a private field or in the class initialiser, or to be flexible you can add Tuples to a public property as needed. If you need to pass in parameters use one of the overloaded versions of the Action delegate ie: Action(t1, t2) etc.
If you need a return value use the Func delegate as per the other answer.
IEnumerable<Tuple<string, string, Action>> actions = new List<Tuple<string, string, Action>>() {
Tuple.Create<string, string, Action>("A", "1", SomeMethod1),
Tuple.Create<string, string, Action>("A", "2", SomeMethod2)
};
string x = "A";
string y = "2";
var action = actions.FirstOrDefault(t => ((t.Item1 == x) && (t.Item2 == y)));
if (action != null)
action.Item3();
else
DoSomeDefaultMethod();
public void SomeMethod1() { // Whatever you want to do }
public void SomeMethod2() { // Whatever you want to do }
public void DoSomeDefaultMethod() { // Default Method }

void Main()
{
Dictionary<string, Action> d = new Dictionary<string, Action>()
{
{"A1", Do1},
{"A2", Do2},
{"A3", Do3},
{"B1", Do4},
{"B2", Do5},
{"B3", Do6},
{"1", Do7},
{"2", Do8},
{"3", Do9}
};
var x = "A";
var y = "1";
var action = x == "A" || x == "B" ? x + y : y;
if (d.ContainsKey(action))
d[action]();
}
public void Do1() {}
public void Do2() {}
public void Do3() {}
public void Do4() {}
public void Do5() {}
public void Do6() {}
public void Do7() {}
public void Do8() {}
public void Do9() {}
EDIT
I remembered about this fluent functional switch:
var sw = new Switch<string>(action)
.Case("A1", s => Do1())
.Case("A2", s => Do2());

Consider this if you don't want to change much of your current structure,(and don't want to create new types etc.)
Add them to tuples like below
var tuples = new List<Tuple<string,string,Func<>>()>(); // Func should be of your Do() type
Add your conditional data with the related funcs to the list
tuples.Add(new Tuple<string,string,Func<>>("A","1", Do1()));
...
Just call it when required using your conditionals directly
var function = tuples.Where(x => x.item1 == "A" && x.item2 == "1").Select(x => x.item3);
function.Invoke(); // to call it.
Now if you got more conditionals in future, you can just add them to the list without changing any code.

Use some thing like this . only three if would do.
if (x == "A")
{
int a = (y == "1") ? do1() : ((y == "2") ? do2() : do3());
}
}
int do1() { return 10; }
int do2() { return 10; }
int do3() { return 10; }

I guess the same kind of switch on X is performed in more than one place in your code, if so kindly refactor it and use polymorphism instead
If X is string first replace the typecode with class and use polymorphism.