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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: lookuptables vs switch(x)
Message-ID: <14518@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 17 Nov 90 21:07:37 GMT
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In article <1351@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu> breck@star.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck) writes:
>Which is faster?

Generally the switch statement will be faster than a search loop.

>If I put the switch in its own function how much will that slow things down?

How could we possibly know -- you haven't said what system you're using.