I've been trying to press the limits of s/// and regexs. Is there a way to convert a switch(.)-{case .:-default:} statement to a if(.){-} else if(.) {-} else {-} even with nesting through a/some s/// & regex expressions? In this language the 'default:' clause is required which makes it a bit easier. I've gotten a few examples to work but the nesting is throwing things off.

For example:

switch(trap_generic) 
{
  case 1:
    do stuff
    more stuff
    switch (varbind1) {
      case 'abc':
        print stuff
      case 'def':
      case 'g':
        do stuff
      default:
        # do nothing
    }
  case 2:
    still more stuff
  default:
}

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Any takers?

In reply to S/// for Switch-case-default to if-if else-else conversion by DanielNeedles

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