operator_string_switch

gistfile1.py

"""
  The goal here is to create a "switch" like environment to allow for using
  strings and other representations for dynamic comparison of two values.
  
  Uses the operator library: https://docs.python.org/2/library/operator.html
"""
import operator 

OPS = { 
'=': operator.eq, 
'==': operator.eq, 
'!=': operator.ne, 
'>=': operator.gt, 
'<=': operator.le,
'>': operator.gt,
'<': operator.lt,
'gt': operator.gt,
'gte': operator.gt,
} 


def compute(valL, valR, op): 
    print OPS[op](valL, valR)

compute("a", "b", "!=")
compute(1, 1, "!=")
compute(1, 2, "!=")
compute(100, -999, "gte")