turning a 'switch' statement into a 'for' loop?

[slyfox]

Hi friends

for some reason I cannot figure out this stupid little thing, maybe I must go sleep.

I'm trying to use a for loop instead of a switch statement. The switch looks like this:

switch(Number(abc))
{
    case 1:
        playChance[1] = 1;
        playChance[2] = 2;
        playChance[3] = 3;
        break;
    case 2:
        playChance[1] = 2;
        playChance[2] = 1;
        playChance[3] = 3;
        break;
    case 3:
        playChance[1] = 3;
        playChance[2] = 1;
        playChance[3] = 2;
        break;
} 

and the for loop to replace the switch is not working, here's my frustration:

playChance[1] = Number(abc);

for(var i = 2; i <= 3; i++)
{
    for(var j = 1; j < 3; j++)
    {
        if(playChance[1] != j)
            playChance[i] = j;
    }
} 

I don't know what I'm doing anymore, can someone please help?

Thanks a ton

[007Julien]

The switch is very readable. Abandon the incomprehensible other method or use the permutations !

[slyfox]

No idea what you mean Julien...

anyway... here's the solution:

var tcount = 2;
playChance[1] = Number(abc);
for(var i = 1; i <= wheelXsplit; i++)
{
    if(i != playChance[1])
    {
        playChance[tcount] = i;
        tcount++;
    }
} 

the output result looks like this:
// abc = 1
playChance[1] = 1;
playChance[2] = 2;
playChance[3] = 3;

// abc = 2
playChance[1] = 2;
playChance[2] = 1;
playChance[3] = 3;

// abc = 3
playChance[1] = 3;
playChance[2] = 1;
playChance[3] = 2;

[007Julien]

You are probably right...

Good luck to read this new code two months later !