char *MonthName(int month) {
  switch (month) {
  case 1:
    return ("January");
  case 2:
    return ("February");
  case 3:
    return ("March");
  case 4:
    return ("April");
  case 5:
    return ("May");
  case 6:
    return ("June");
  case 7:
    return ("July");
  case 8:
    return ("August");
  case 9:
    return ("September");
  case 10:
    return ("October");
  case 11:
    return ("November");
  case 12:
    return ("December");
  default:
    return ("Illegal month");
  }
}


x86 assembly (clang, -O0):
<MonthName>:
push   %rbp
mov    %rsp,%rbp
mov    %edi,-0xc(%rbp)
mov    -0xc(%rbp),%eax
add    $0xffffffff,%eax
mov    %eax,%ecx
mov    %rcx,-0x18(%rbp)
sub    $0xb,%eax
ja     11f0 <MonthName+0xf0>
mov    -0x18(%rbp),%rax
lea    0xed9(%rip),%rcx
movslq (%rcx,%rax,4),%rax
add    %rcx,%rax
jmp    *%rax
lea    0xef9(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xef1(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xeea(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xee0(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xed6(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xeca(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xebf(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xeb4(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xeab(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xea5(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xe9d(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xe96(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
jmp    11fb <MonthName+0xfb>
lea    0xe8f(%rip),%rax
mov    %rax,-0x8(%rbp)
mov    -0x8(%rbp),%rax
pop    %rbp
ret

x86 assembly (clang, -O2):
<MonthName>:
add    $0xffffffff,%edi
cmp    $0xb,%edi
ja     111a <MonthName+0x1a>
movslq %edi,%rax
lea    0xf52(%rip),%rcx
movslq (%rcx,%rax,4),%rax
add    %rcx,%rax
ret
lea    0xf35(%rip),%rax
ret

LLVM IR (-O0):
@.str = [8 x i8] c"January\00"
@.str.1 = [9 x i8] c"February\00"
@.str.2 = [6 x i8] c"March\00"
@.str.3 = [6 x i8] c"April\00"
@.str.4 = [4 x i8] c"May\00"
@.str.5 = [5 x i8] c"June\00"
@.str.6 = [5 x i8] c"July\00"
@.str.7 = [7 x i8] c"August\00"
@.str.8 = [10 x i8] c"September\00"
@.str.9 = [8 x i8] c"October\00"
@.str.10 = [9 x i8] c"November\00"
@.str.11 = [9 x i8] c"December\00"
@.str.12 = [14 x i8] c"Illegal month\00"
define i8* @MonthName(i32 %0) {
%2 = alloca i8*
%3 = alloca i32
store i32 %0, i32* %3
%4 = load i32, i32* %3
switch i32 %4, label %17 [
i32 1, label %5
i32 2, label %6
i32 3, label %7
i32 4, label %8
i32 5, label %9
i32 6, label %10
i32 7, label %11
i32 8, label %12
i32 9, label %13
i32 10, label %14
i32 11, label %15
i32 12, label %16
]
5: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([8 x i8], [8 x i8]* @.str, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
6: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([9 x i8], [9 x i8]* @.str.1, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
7: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([6 x i8], [6 x i8]* @.str.2, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
8: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([6 x i8], [6 x i8]* @.str.3, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
9: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([4 x i8], [4 x i8]* @.str.4, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
10: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([5 x i8], [5 x i8]* @.str.5, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
11: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([5 x i8], [5 x i8]* @.str.6, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
12: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([7 x i8], [7 x i8]* @.str.7, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
13: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([10 x i8], [10 x i8]* @.str.8, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
14: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([8 x i8], [8 x i8]* @.str.9, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
15: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([9 x i8], [9 x i8]* @.str.10, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
16: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([9 x i8], [9 x i8]* @.str.11, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
17: ; preds = %1
store i8* getelementptr inbounds ([14 x i8], [14 x i8]* @.str.12, i64 0, i64 0), i8** %2
br label %18
18: ; preds = %17, %16, %15, %14, %13, %12, %11, %10, %9, %8, %7, %6, %5
%19 = load i8*, i8** %2
ret i8* %19
}

LLVM IR (-O2):
@.str = [8 x i8] c"January\00"
@.str.1 = [9 x i8] c"February\00"
@.str.2 = [6 x i8] c"March\00"
@.str.3 = [6 x i8] c"April\00"
@.str.4 = [4 x i8] c"May\00"
@.str.5 = [5 x i8] c"June\00"
@.str.6 = [5 x i8] c"July\00"
@.str.7 = [7 x i8] c"August\00"
@.str.8 = [10 x i8] c"September\00"
@.str.9 = [8 x i8] c"October\00"
@.str.10 = [9 x i8] c"November\00"
@.str.11 = [9 x i8] c"December\00"
@.str.12 = [14 x i8] c"Illegal month\00"
@reltable.MonthName = [12 x i32] [i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([8 x i8]* @.str to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([9 x i8]* @.str.1 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([6 x i8]* @.str.2 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([6 x i8]* @.str.3 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([4 x i8]* @.str.4 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([5 x i8]* @.str.5 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([5 x i8]* @.str.6 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([7 x i8]* @.str.7 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([10 x i8]* @.str.8 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([8 x i8]* @.str.9 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([9 x i8]* @.str.10 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32), i32 trunc (i64 sub (i64 ptrtoint ([9 x i8]* @.str.11 to i64), i64 ptrtoint ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i64)) to i32)]
define i8* @MonthName(i32 %0) {
%2 = add i32 %0, -1
%3 = icmp ult i32 %2, 12
br i1 %3, label %4, label %8
4: ; preds = %1
%5 = sext i32 %2 to i64
%6 = shl i64 %5, 2
%7 = call i8* @llvm.load.relative.i64(i8* bitcast ([12 x i32]* @reltable.MonthName to i8*), i64 %6)
br label %8
8: ; preds = %1, %4
%9 = phi i8* [ %7, %4 ], [ getelementptr inbounds ([14 x i8], [14 x i8]* @.str.12, i64 0, i64 0), %1 ]
ret i8* %9
}