C#

You could make a composite function, in your example int z=2*x+y would suffice; but readability would suffer.<code><br />
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i used int type variables just for example, actually i'm working with strings.<br />
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Thanks again!! :) <br />
bye<br />
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jadughar wrote:

actually i'm working with strings

Luc Pattyn wrote:

a lot of languages don't

int x = 0;
int y = 1;

switch (x)
{
    case 0:
        switch (y)
        {
            case 0:
                Console.WriteLine("0,0");
                break;
            case 1:
                Console.WriteLine("0,1");
                break;
        }
        break;
    case 1:
        switch (y)
        {
            case 0:
                Console.WriteLine("1,0");
                break;
            case 1:
                Console.WriteLine("1,1");
                break;
        }
        break;
}

public enum Coord
{
    XY00 = 00
,
    XY01 = 01
,
    XY10 = 10
,
    XY11 = 11
}

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

I very much dislike switching on strings

Console.WriteLine("{0},{1}", x, y);