>>>Why in the world must a switch statement need an integer???
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>>>Other languages are much more flexible in their CASE structures, so why would MS restrict the evaluation of the switch to an int????
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>>See Naomi's answer, but also be aware:
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>>If your trying to compare a switch statement to a VFP "DO CASE", they are very different. To write a VFP style case statement in C# use "else if" .
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>Very different how? To me they seem quite similar. They are both structured as a series of checks of some value. When a match is found, take some action and exit. Both provide for a default action if no match is found.

In VFP DO CASE you can put any condition, even function evaluation. In C# switch you analyze one variable.