Using dictionary as Switch / Case statement in Python

switch_case.py

statusMessages = {
  0: "Status is pending",
  1: "Status is active",
  2: "Status is cancelled",
  "default": "Status is unknown"
}

def print_status_message(status) :
  if status in statusMessages:
    print(statusMessages[status])
  else:
    print(statusMessages["default"])


print_status_message(0) # "Status is pending"
print_status_message(9) # "Status is unknown"