Coding Efficiency

[Pete]

So here is one based on Ken's Calendar...

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Do

    Input "Input a number between 1 and 12"; n%

    If n% > 0 And n% < 13 Then

        If m = 1 Then month$ = "January"

        If m = 2 Then month$ = "February"

        If m = 3 Then month$ = "March"

        If m = 4 Then month$ = "April"

        If m = 5 Then month$ = "May"

        If m = 6 Then month$ = "June"

        If m = 7 Then month$ = "July"

        If m = 8 Then month$ = "August"

        If m = 9 Then month$ = "September"

        If m = 10 Then month$ = "October"

        If m = 11 Then month$ = "November"

        If m = 12 Then month$ = "December"

        Print month$

    Else

        End

    End If

Loop

So to reduce lines, I would code it this way...

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month$ = "January  February    March    April    May      June      July    August  September  October  November  December  "

Do

    Input "Input a number between 1 and 12"; n%

    If n% > 0 And n% < 13 Then

        Print LTrim$(Mid$(month$, (n% - 1) * 10, 10))

    Else

        End

    End If

Loop

...but since I don't do speed tests, I can't really say if my example would run any faster. So what do you guys think? Is parsing a string faster than checking 12 conditions? If not, then we can just refer to this as a coding style.

Pete

- Just me parsing around.