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"Goto [variable] in C++ ?" toward 
 on 12-28-92  14:44
 Ap> This is a question from someone new to C...

 Ap> How could I set up C code so that a program goes to a function where
 Ap> the name of the function is placed in a string variable? The specific
 Ap> use I'm thinking of is for an adventure game, where the function the
 Ap> parser calls depends on the verb the player used in typing in his
 Ap> command.. I could set it up as: 
 Ap> -If verb_parsed is 'eat' then call eat_function
 Ap> -If verb_parsed is 'give' then call give_function

 Ap> and so forth, but this is awful... How could I write it in C to look
 Ap> like: 
 Ap> -Go to [verb_parsed + string_holding_parameter_characters]


    You could use tokens and a switch statement:

    ie
    switch(verb_parse(data)) {
        case eat:eat(args); break;
        ...
        }

    or you can do this

    int (*actions)()[TOTAL_ACTIONS];
    then

    actions[verb_parse(data)](args);

                Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
             Mangled on Wed  12-30-1992  at 17:27:24

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