On Oct 7, 9:23 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> x = {1 : "One", 2 : "Two", 3 : "Three"}.get(i, "None Of The Above")
More like:
x = {1:lambda:"One", 2:lambda:"Two", 3:lambda:"Three"}.get(i,
lambda:"None Of The Above")()
i.e. deferred evaluation of selected case.
In Algol68 this would be:
x:=(i|"One","Two","Three"|"None Of The Above")
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