TIL that golang allows for empty switch statements in the condition block. This is not possible in JavaScript! The reasoning behind this is that the switch statement in golang is not limited to only comparing values. Below you can see two versions of branching logic — one with the switch and one with else ifs 😊.

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
    i := 10
    switch {
    case i < 0:
        fmt.Println("Negative number")
    case i == 0:
        fmt.Println("Zero")
    case i > 0:
        fmt.Println("Positive number")
    }
}

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
    i := 10
    if i < 0 {
        fmt.Println("Negative number")
    } else if i == 0 {
        fmt.Println("Zero")
    } else if i > 0 {
        fmt.Println("Positive number")
    }
}

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