How can I get which part of an if expression is true? - c++

Question

Assume I have code like:
if(condition1 || condition2 || condition 3 || condition4)
{
// this inner part will be executed if one of the conditions is true.
// Now I want to know by which condition this part is executed.
}

Answer 1

I'm sure there are better ways to do this, here's one:
int i = 0;
auto check = [&i](bool b)->bool
{
if (!b) ++i;
return b;
};
if (check(false) || // 0
check(false) || // 1
check(true) || // 2
check(false)) // 3
{
std::cout << i; // prints 2
}

Answer 2

|| is short circuit evaluation, so you can have code like this :
if(condition1 || condition2 || condition 3 || condition4)
{
if (condition1 )
{
//it must be condition1 which make the overall result true
}
else if (condition2)
{
//it must be condition2 which make the overall result true
}
else if (condition3)
{
//it must be condition3 which make the overall result true
}
else
{
//it must be condition4 which make the overall result true
}
// this inner part will executed if one of the condition true. Now I want to know by which condition this part is executed.
}
else
{
}

Answer 3

If the conditions are independent of each other, you need to check them separately, or, if they belong to one variable, you can use a switch statement
bool c1;
bool c2
if ( c1 || c2 )
{
// these need to be checked separately
}
int i; // i should be checked for multiple conditions. Here switch is most appropriate
switch (i)
{
case 0: // stuff
break;
case 1: // other stuff
break;
default: // default stuff if none of the conditions above is true
}

Answer 4

Without a switch you can use only or and if statements:
if(condition1 || condition2 || condition 3 || condition4) {
// this inner part will executed if one of the condition true.
//Now I want to know by which condition this part is executed.
if ( condition1 || condition2 ) {
if ( condition1 )
printf("Loop caused by 1");
else
printf("Loop caused by 2");
else
if ( condition3)
printf("Loop caused by 3");
else
printf("Loop caused by 4");
}
I'm not sure that this is the most efficient thing you've ever seen, but it will identify which of the four conditions caused entry into the if ... block.

Answer 5

If you need to know for programmatic reasons, i.e. run different code depending on which condition is true, you could do something like this
if (condition1)
{
...
}
else if (condition2)
{
...
}
else if (condition3)
{
...
}
else if (condition4)
{
...
}
else
{
...
}
If you only want to know for debugging reasons, just do a printout.

Answer 6

What about the comma operator?
By using that logical operators follow the short circuit evaluation method, the following works fine:
int w = 0; /* w <= 0 will mean "no one is true" */
if ( (w++, cond1) || (w++, cond2) || ... || (w++, condN) )
printf("The first condition that was true has number: %d.\n", w);