Is there any significant difference between using if/else and switch-case in C#?

Question

What is the benefit/downside to using a switch statement vs. an if/else in C#. I can\'t imagine there being that big of a difference, other than m

Answer 1

The compiler is going to optimize pretty much everything into the same code with minor differences (Knuth, anyone?).

The difference is that a switch statement is cleaner than fifteen if else statements strung together.

Friends don't let friends stack if-else statements.