In message <i8i1h8$dc...@news.eternal-september.org>, BartC wrote: > I use this syntax where there are two possibilities chosen according to > condition 'a': > > (a | b | c)
Algol 68!
> x = ("One","Two","Three") [i-1]
>
> While this works for i = 1,2,3, it goes funny for i=0,-1,-2, and generates
> an error for the rest ...
x = {1 : "One", 2 : "Two", 3 : "Three"}.get(i, "None Of The Above")
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