David N Montgomery wrote:
> class testCase:
> def __init__(self, tc):
> if tc == 1:self.testCase1()
> if tc == 2:self.testCase2()
> if tc == 3:self.testCase3()
> if tc == 4:self.testCase4()
> if tc == 5:self.testCase5()
> if tc == 6:self.testCase6()
>
> def testCase1(self):
> print "tc1"
>
> def testCase2(self):
> print "tc2"
>
> def testCase3(self):
> print "tc3"
>
> def testCase4(self):
> print "tc4"
>
> def testCase5(self):
> print "tc5"
>
> def testCase6(self):
> print "tc6"
>
>
> def testCaseX(self):
> print "tcX"
>
> totalNumberOfTestCases = 6
> x = 0
> while x <= totalNumberOfTestCases:
> x += 1
> testCase(x)
>
>
> This template code is working, but I envisage having 100+ test cases and
> am concerned about my useage of if statements. I would be grateful for
> any pointers as to how I can run all tests cases, regardless of how
> many, in a more efficient manner.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
try binding each function to an element of a list, and then processing
across the list. This might look like:
def testCase1:
return "tc1"
def testCase2:
return "tc2"
testCaseList = []
testCaseList.append(testCase1)
testCaseList.append(testCase2)
for testCase in testCaseList:
testCase()
Also, as python allows direct iteration over a list, you'll find that
you don't need to create loops on an incrementor variable. Just loop on
the list itself.
I suspect lambda might be your friend here too for making the code less
verbose, though I never really got the hang of lambdas, even though my
first programming experience was a scheme class way back when.... Ah well.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Cliff
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