switch vs. if...else if...else

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Published on 2010-05-27T16:30:55Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 16:41 UTC
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Guys I have a couple of questions:

Is there a preformance difference in Javascript between a switch statement and an if...else if....else?
If so why?
Is the behavior of switch and if...else if...else different across browsers? (FireFox, IE, Chrome, Opera, Safari)

The reason for asking this question is it seems that I get better preformance on a switch statement with approx 100 cases in Firefox. But in IE it get better preformance with 100 if...else if...else.

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