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C# -> VB: Switch Expression in Return Statement Converts to an Empty String #983
Description
Input code
private static string GetBaseForNewName(ISymbol declaration)
{
string name = GetName(declaration);
return declaration.Kind switch {
SymbolKind.Method => name + "Method",
SymbolKind.Property => name + "Prop",
SymbolKind.NamedType => name + "Type",
SymbolKind.Field => name + "Field",
_ => declaration.Kind.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()[0] + name.Substring(0, 1).ToUpperInvariant() + name.Substring(1)
};
}Erroneous output
Private Shared Function GetBaseForNewName(ByVal declaration As ISymbol) As String
Dim name As String = GetName(declaration)
Return
End FunctionExpected output
Private Shared Function GetBaseForNewName(declaration As ISymbol) As String
Dim name = GetName(declaration)
Select Case declaration.Kind
Case SymbolKind.Method
Return name & "Method"
Case SymbolKind.Property
Return name & "Prop"
Case SymbolKind.NamedType
Return name & "Type"
Case SymbolKind.Field
Return name & "Field"
Case Else
Return declaration.Kind.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()(0) & name.Substring(0, 1).ToUpperInvariant() & name.Substring(1)
End Select
End FunctionDetails
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Activity
GrahamTheCoder commentedon Feb 5, 2023
Just a word of caution to anyone trying to implement this: the given example is a special case in two ways:
I expect this is quite a common case so may be worth focusing on that first and just throwing for other cases, which might need extra variables/functions pulling out.