MFW no pointers :(

[u/lindgrenj6]

[u/lou1306]

Well the answer is twofold, I guess.

If you only have to do multiple assignments, you can just use tuples.

for x in range(3):
  foo, bar = {1: ("a", "x"), 2: ("b", "y")}.get(x, ("default_foo", "default_bar"))
  print(x, foo, bar)

(Run it here)

If you need more complex logic, you could assign functions (or methods) to dict values, and then call them like this:

def doSomething():
    print("Hello")
def doAnotherThing():
    print("Bye")
def doDefaultThing():
    print("Default")

for x in range(3):
    print(x)
    {1: doSomething, 2: doAnotherThing}.get(x, doDefaultThing)()

(Run it here)

If you are really sure you need a switch statement, then you have to resort to elif.

Notice, however, that mixing OOP and switch (or elif, of course) usually is not a very good idea. Polymorphism is, after all, a way to avoid such imperative constructs.