Top "Jump-table" questions

A jump table (also known as a branch table) is used to transfer program control (branching) to another part of the program by storing a table of branch instructions.

Is 'switch' faster than 'if'?

Is a switch statement actually faster than an if statement? I ran the code below on Visual Studio 2010's x64 …

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jump table examples in C

Please give me some examples of jump table usage. I have seen this example on wikipedia: #include <stdio.h&…

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How to store goto labels in an array and then jump to them?

I want to declare an array of "jumplabels". Then I want to jump to a "jumplabel" in this array. But …

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c switch and jump tables

It is my understanding that a switch statement in c/c++ will sometimes compile to a jump table. My question …

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Jump Table - assembly 8086

I've tried to make switch case like this: switch (si) { case 1: printf( “Number One” ); break; case 2: printf( “Number Two” ); break; …

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