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

Something that I just noticed is that you can combine if/else and switch statements! Very useful when needing to check preconditions.

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
{
    //skip empty lines
}
else switch (line.Substring(0,1))
{
    case "1":
        Console.WriteLine(line);
        break;
    case "9":
        Console.WriteLine(line);
        break;
    default:
        break;
}