C# Switch with String.IsNullOrEmpty

Question

Is it possible to have a switch in C# which checks if the value is null or empty not "" but String.Empty? I know i can do this:

switch (text)
{
    case null:
    case "":
        break;
}

Is there something better, because I don't want to have a large list of IF statements?

I'mm trying to replace:

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
    blah;
else if (text = "hi")
    blah

Answer 1

I would suggest something like the following:

switch(text ?? String.Empty)
{
    case "":
        break;
    case "hi":
        break;
}

Is that what you are looking for?

Answer 2

What's wrong with your example switch statement?

switch (text)
{
    case null:
    case "":
        foo();
        break;
    case "hi":
        bar();
        break;
}

It works (and for some reason that surprised me - I thought it would complain or crash on the null case) and it's clear.

For that matter, why are you worried about String.Empty? I'm missing something here.

Answer 3

how about

if (string.isNullOrEmpty(text))
{
   //blah
}
else
{
 switch (text)
 {
     case "hi":
 }

}