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

Actually, a switch statement is more efficient. The compiler will optimize it to a look up table where with if/else statements it cannot. The down side is that a switch statement can't be used with variable values.
You can't do:

switch(variable)
{
   case someVariable
   break;
   default:
   break;
}

it has to be

switch(variable)
{
  case CONSTANT_VALUE;
  break;
  default:
  break;
}