C Programming

Hi /prague/
I'm programming in C and writing a little interactive program.
What's the best way to execute a function / piece of code depending on a string ? I could write a bunch of }else if(!strcmp(s, foo)){ but I find this hideous.
Any suggestions ?

if you have a shitton of strings:


struct node {
  struct node * children[256];
  char current_index;
  char * rest;
  void (*handler)();
};

Now simply walk down the tree by indexing the structs children with the first char of the string, stop when you reach a NULL and compare the rest of the input with the rest-field of the node.

So, rest and handler should be set only on leaf nodes. I guess the top of your mapping would be a node without an index.