Evaluate a string with a switch in C++ [duplicate]

You can map the strings to enum values, then switch on the enum:

enum Options {
    Option_Invalid,
    Option1,
    Option2,
    //others...
};

Options resolveOption(string input);

//  ...later...

switch( resolveOption(input) )
{
    case Option1: {
        //...
        break;
    }
    case Option2: {
        //...
        break;
    }
    // handles Option_Invalid and any other missing/unmapped cases
    default: {
        //...
        break;
    }
}

Resolving the enum can be implemented as a series of if checks:

 Options resolveOption(std::string input) {
    if( input == "option1" ) return Option1;
    if( input == "option2" ) return Option2;
    //...
    return Option_Invalid;
 }

Or a map lookup:

 Options resolveOption(std::string input) {
    static const std::map<std::string, Option> optionStrings {
        { "option1", Option1 },
        { "option2", Option2 },
        //...
    };

    auto itr = optionStrings.find(input);
    if( itr != optionStrings.end() ) {
        return itr->second;
    }
    return Option_Invalid; 
}