diff --git a/libyul/Utilities.cpp b/libyul/Utilities.cpp
index e5f4e517c..2cf72f499 100644
--- a/libyul/Utilities.cpp
+++ b/libyul/Utilities.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <libyul/Exceptions.h>
 
 #include <libdevcore/CommonData.h>
+#include <libdevcore/FixedHash.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace dev;
@@ -31,12 +32,48 @@ using namespace yul;
 
 u256 yul::valueOfNumberLiteral(Literal const& _literal)
 {
-	assertThrow(_literal.kind == LiteralKind::Number, OptimizerException, "");
+	yulAssert(_literal.kind == LiteralKind::Number, "Expected number literal!");
+
 	std::string const& literalString = _literal.value.str();
-	assertThrow(isValidDecimal(literalString) || isValidHex(literalString), OptimizerException, "");
+	yulAssert(isValidDecimal(literalString) || isValidHex(literalString), "Invalid number literal!");
 	return u256(literalString);
 }
 
+u256 yul::valueOfStringLiteral(Literal const& _literal)
+{
+	yulAssert(_literal.kind == LiteralKind::String, "Expected string literal!");
+	yulAssert(_literal.value.str().size() <= 32, "Literal string too long!");
+
+	return u256(h256(_literal.value.str(), h256::FromBinary, h256::AlignLeft));
+}
+
+u256 yul::valueOfBoolLiteral(Literal const& _literal)
+{
+	yulAssert(_literal.kind == LiteralKind::Boolean, "Expected bool literal!");
+
+	if (_literal.value == "true"_yulstring)
+		return u256(1);
+	else if (_literal.value == "false"_yulstring)
+		return u256(0);
+
+	yulAssert(false, "Unexpected bool literal value!");
+}
+
+u256 yul::valueOfLiteral(Literal const& _literal)
+{
+	switch(_literal.kind)
+	{
+		case LiteralKind::Number:
+			return valueOfNumberLiteral(_literal);
+		case LiteralKind::Boolean:
+			return valueOfBoolLiteral(_literal);
+		case LiteralKind::String:
+			return valueOfStringLiteral(_literal);
+		default:
+			yulAssert(false, "Unexpected literal kind!");
+	}
+}
+
 template<>
 bool Less<Literal>::operator()(Literal const& _lhs, Literal const& _rhs) const
 {
diff --git a/libyul/Utilities.h b/libyul/Utilities.h
index 288bc6ee2..827b43aae 100644
--- a/libyul/Utilities.h
+++ b/libyul/Utilities.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ namespace yul
 {
 
 dev::u256 valueOfNumberLiteral(Literal const& _literal);
+dev::u256 valueOfStringLiteral(Literal const& _literal);
+dev::u256 valueOfBoolLiteral(Literal const& _literal);
+dev::u256 valueOfLiteral(Literal const& _literal);
 
 /**
  * Linear order on Yul AST nodes.
diff --git a/libyul/backends/evm/EVMCodeTransform.cpp b/libyul/backends/evm/EVMCodeTransform.cpp
index 354627d2b..11c6ed3fc 100644
--- a/libyul/backends/evm/EVMCodeTransform.cpp
+++ b/libyul/backends/evm/EVMCodeTransform.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <libyul/optimiser/NameCollector.h>
 #include <libyul/AsmAnalysisInfo.h>
 #include <libyul/AsmData.h>
+#include <libyul/Utilities.h>
 
 #include <liblangutil/Exceptions.h>
 
@@ -396,20 +397,8 @@ void CodeTransform::operator()(Identifier const& _identifier)
 void CodeTransform::operator()(Literal const& _literal)
 {
 	m_assembly.setSourceLocation(_literal.location);
-	if (_literal.kind == LiteralKind::Number)
-		m_assembly.appendConstant(u256(_literal.value.str()));
-	else if (_literal.kind == LiteralKind::Boolean)
-	{
-		if (_literal.value == "true"_yulstring)
-			m_assembly.appendConstant(u256(1));
-		else
-			m_assembly.appendConstant(u256(0));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		solAssert(_literal.value.str().size() <= 32, "");
-		m_assembly.appendConstant(u256(h256(_literal.value.str(), h256::FromBinary, h256::AlignLeft)));
-	}
+	m_assembly.appendConstant(valueOfLiteral(_literal));
+
 	checkStackHeight(&_literal);
 }
 
diff --git a/libyul/optimiser/StructuralSimplifier.cpp b/libyul/optimiser/StructuralSimplifier.cpp
index 34ee26a16..8010b7b22 100644
--- a/libyul/optimiser/StructuralSimplifier.cpp
+++ b/libyul/optimiser/StructuralSimplifier.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ boost::optional<dev::u256> StructuralSimplifier::hasLiteralValue(Expression cons
 	if (expr && expr->type() == typeid(Literal))
 	{
 		Literal const& literal = boost::get<Literal>(*expr);
-		return valueOfNumberLiteral(literal);
+		return valueOfLiteral(literal);
 	}
 
 	return boost::optional<u256>();
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void StructuralSimplifier::simplify(std::vector<yul::Statement>& _statements)
 
 				for (auto& _case: _switchStmt.cases)
 				{
-					if (_case.value && valueOfNumberLiteral(*_case.value) == constExprVal)
+					if (_case.value && valueOfLiteral(*_case.value) == constExprVal)
 					{
 						matchingCaseBlock = &_case.body;
 						break;
diff --git a/test/libyul/yulOptimizerTests/structuralSimplifier/switch_inline_no_match_mixed.yul b/test/libyul/yulOptimizerTests/structuralSimplifier/switch_inline_no_match_mixed.yul
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d90ca1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libyul/yulOptimizerTests/structuralSimplifier/switch_inline_no_match_mixed.yul
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	// Used to cause assert error
+	let y := 200
+	switch 3
+	case "" { y := 8 }
+	case 1 { y := 9 }
+}
+// ----
+// structuralSimplifier
+// {
+//     let y := 200
+// }
diff --git a/test/tools/yulInterpreter/Interpreter.cpp b/test/tools/yulInterpreter/Interpreter.cpp
index c092da446..0731d38a2 100644
--- a/test/tools/yulInterpreter/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/test/tools/yulInterpreter/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -155,20 +155,7 @@ void ExpressionEvaluator::operator()(Literal const& _literal)
 	static YulString const trueString("true");
 	static YulString const falseString("false");
 
-	switch (_literal.kind)
-	{
-	case LiteralKind::Boolean:
-		solAssert(_literal.value == trueString || _literal.value == falseString, "");
-		setValue(_literal.value == trueString ? 1 : 0);
-		break;
-	case LiteralKind::Number:
-		setValue(valueOfNumberLiteral(_literal));
-		break;
-	case LiteralKind::String:
-		solAssert(_literal.value.str().size() <= 32, "");
-		setValue(u256(h256(_literal.value.str(), h256::FromBinary, h256::AlignLeft)));
-		break;
-	}
+	setValue(valueOfLiteral(_literal));
 }
 
 void ExpressionEvaluator::operator()(Identifier const& _identifier)