Multiple choices in a SELECT list or a DECODE block?

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     ,TRAFFIC.LERG_1 @ traffp one
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SQL> WITH one AS (
2 SELECT 'South' ocn_name FROM dual UNION ALL
3 SELECT 'Nord' ocn_name FROM dual UNION ALL
4 SELECT 'West' ocn_name FROM dual UNION ALL
5 SELECT 'East' ocn_name FROM dual UNION ALL
6 SELECT 'Bananas' ocn_name FROM dual UNION ALL
7 SELECT NULL FROM dual
8 )
9 SELECT ocn_name,
10 decode(1,sign(instr(upper(one.OCN_NAME),'SOUTH')),'Nuvox switch only',
11           sign(instr(upper(one.OCN_NAME),'NORD')),'Nuvox switch only',
12           sign(instr(upper(one.OCN_NAME),'WEST')),'Nuvox switch only',
13           sign(instr(upper(one.OCN_NAME),'EAST')),'Nuvox switch only','Yes'
14 ) ocn_name_check,
15 decode(upper(one.OCN_NAME),
16         REPLACE(
17         REPLACE(
18         REPLACE(
19         REPLACE(upper(one.OCN_NAME),'SOUTH'),
20         'NORD'),'WEST'),'EAST'),'Yes','Nuvox switch only') ocn_name_check
21 FROM one
22 /
OCN_NAM OCN_NAME_CHECK    OCN_NAME_CHECK
South   Nuvox switch only Nuvox switch only
Nord    Nuvox switch only Nuvox switch only
West    Nuvox switch only Nuvox switch only
East    Nuvox switch only Nuvox switch only
Bananas Yes               Yes
        Yes               Yes
6 rows selected.However, my personal choice would be to create a view using a case statement ( due to readability) and use this view in plsql code.
Best regards
Maxim

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