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Re:Using the switch(true) pattern in JavaScript by nicoburns on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:43AM (#26779965)
> That said, give me proper pattern matching in JS. Hard to live with languages that haven't caught up yet.

I really want this. Along with switch being as expression. Seems like something that JavaScript is obviously missing.

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Re:Using the switch(true) pattern in JavaScript by deergomoo on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:03PM (#26785741)
> Along with switch being as expression

Even PHP has this now, albeit with a different keyword (match) due to existing switch semantics being pretty bad

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Re:Using the switch(true) pattern in JavaScript by jessaustin on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:23PM (#26785383)
I really want... switch being as expression.

Unfortunately JavaScript still hasn't caught up with CoffeeScript.

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