Are there more efficient if-else statements?

[steel kelp]

Is there a way to make more efficient if/else statements than looping through every alternative until you find the one you're looking for?

This is my current method, but I want to add more buttons, and I don't want it to be laggy:

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[steel kelp]

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"static"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/update with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"back"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/back with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"w1"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/w1 with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"w1e"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/w1e with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"w2"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/w2 with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"w2e"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/w2e with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"item1"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/item1 with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"item2"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/item2 with storage minecraft:guis

execute store success score button_pressed temp run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"item3"}]
execute if score button_pressed temp matches 1 run function pa:menu/buttons/item3 with storage minecraft:guis

(there are more, but discord character limit)

Forgot to mention: I am on 1.20.6

[left pecan]

temp matches 1 run return run function

[wraith crypt]

You could just do execute if items a bunch of times, probably

[midnight coyote]

For that you have to specify a slot

[left pecan]

then better

execute if funtion <clear> run function pa:menu/buttons/item3 with storage minecraft:guis

function <clear>

return run clear @s *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"item3"}]

[wraith crypt]

I thought the slot could just be *

[midnight coyote]

They would all return the same number and you can't know which one returned

functions ccan only return ints

[lofty wren]

Yes it can be

[lofty wren]

Well, container.*

[left pecan]

I didn't say there should be one function.. functions for each clear command

[midnight coyote]

This doesn't cover the cursor

[lofty wren]

True

[steel kelp]

Item will be in the cursor, or if shift clicked in the inventory

[steel kelp]

Added that, thanks!

[midnight coyote]

This would result in the same code as rn but more complicated and over multiple functions

[wraith crypt]

execute if items entity @s container.* *[minecraft:custom_data~{Button:"w2e"}] run function … a bunch of times or whatever is what I would do. But yeah it doesn’t cover the cursor

If you do want to cover the cursor you can do that easily

Or at least I think you can

[midnight coyote]

You can by copying the code for the container check and change it for the cursor (this doubles the cheks though)

[lofty wren]

If it's only the cursor slot, you can still use execute if items

[wraith crypt]

Yeah you can just do player.cursor instead of container.*

Both for the inventory as well as the container