In Python there is not a switch/case statement, however this can be worked round using nested if..elif..else commands.
var = "aa" if var in ( "a", "aa", "aaa" ) : print "it is a kind of a "; elif var in ( "b", "bb", "bb" ) :print "it is a kind of b "; else : print "it is something else ";
Using for loops
suite = ecflow.Suite("x")
previous = 0
for i in (0,6,12,18,24) :
fam = suite.add_family(str(i))
if i != 0 :
fam.add_trigger("./" + previous + " == complete ")
fam.add_task("t1")
fam.add_task("t2").add_trigger("t1 == complete")
previous = str(i)