Pattern Matching

using System;
class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
        {
            object value = GetValueFromSomewhere();
            switch (value)
            {
                case 0:
                    Console.WriteLine("The value was the number 0"); break;
                case 1:
                    Console.WriteLine("The value was the number 1"); break;
                case int number:
                    Console.WriteLine("The value was another number: " + number); break;
                case string text:
                    Console.WriteLine("The value was the following text: " + text); break;
                case var unknownType:
                    Console.WriteLine("The value was of an unknown type: " + unknownType.ToString()); break;
            }
        }
    }
    static Random random = new Random();
    static object GetValueFromSomewhere()
    {
        switch (random.Next(0, 5))
        {
            case 0: return 0;
            case 1: return 1;
            case 2: return 42;
            case 3: return "hello";
            case 4: return 3.141592;
            default: return null;    // never get here but this is required to avoid compiler error
        }
    }
}