Switch statement with static fields

Question

Suppose I have a bunch of static fields and I want to use them in switch:

public static string PID_1 = \"12\";
public static string PID_2 = \"13\";
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Answer 1

I'm assuming there's a reason you didn't declare those variables as const. That said:

The switch statement is just shorthand for a bunch of if / else if statements. So if you can guarantee that PID_1, PID_2, and PID_3 will never be equal, the above is equivalent to this:

if (pid == PID_1) {
    // Do something 1
}
else if (pid == PID_2) {
    // Do something 2
}
else if (pid == PID_3) {
    // Do something 3
}
else {
    // Do something default
}