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

One possible downside of switch statements is its lack of multiple conditions. You can have multiple conditions for the if (else) but not multiple cases statements with different conditions in a switch.

Switch statements are not suitable for logic operations beyond the scope of simple Boolean equations/expressions. For those Boolean equations/expressions, it is eminently suitable but not for other logic operations.

You have much more freedom with the logic available in If statements but the readability can suffer if the If statement becomes unwieldy or is handled poorly.

Both have there place depending on the context of what you are faced with.