compare Attack and Defence attribute

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1

Hi, A unit will have Defense rating per each of the 8 elements ( example shorten to 4 for simplicity).
And an attack will be one of the element.

public class DefenceAtt{
	
	public int PHY;
	public int ENERGY;
	public int HEAT;
	public int FROST;
	
	public DefenceAtt()
	{
		PHY 	= 0;
		ENERGY 	= 0;
		HEAT 	= 0;
		FROST 	= 0;
	}
}

public enum ELEMENT{ PHY, ENERGY, HEAT, FROST, LAST };

public class Attack{
     public int power;
     public ELEMENT element;

     public DealDamage(pow, element) { /*DO Something here*/ }
}

Beside using SWITCH statement, is there any other convenient way to compare the Attacking Element to the related defence attribute?

THX in advance,

2

Use Builtin arrays. Instead of using four variable with each name, use public int[] defenceAtt = new int[4]; and create a enum/constant like

public enum ELEMENT()
{
   PHY   = 0;
   ENERGY    = 1;
   HEAT  = 2;
   FROST     = 3;
}

so

public DealDamage(pow, element) {
    defenceAtt[element]-=pow;
}