As others said it depends on how your switch is wired. Some bring the power wire to the switch and then to the light the switch controls. In this case the neutral will be tied together with a wire nut and the hot wires will be hooked to the switch.
But some boxes are wired where the power wire goes to the light. In this case they run the switched wire from the light to the switch and back to the light. There will only be two wires in the switch box and since most just use romex the white wire should have black tape on it indicating it is a hot wire. In this case there is no neutral in the switch box so this box will not support a plug.
Since most boxes are wired with the power and neutral to the switch box and that is what you need for the plug to work lets go from there. You should have a test light or volt meter to figure out what wire is #1 and what wire is #3 in Stephen's picture. But if you do not and hook 1 and 3 backwards the plug will not work or may only work when the switch is on. In this case you just start over and swap number 1 and 3 wires. You will also need a short piece of wire to go from the wire nut to the silver screw.
While having a test light or volt meter is nice to make sure the power is off to the switch box before starting work; I'm thinking most on this site are smart enough to know if you turn on the light and then turn off breakers one by one till the light goes off you can pretty much figure out what breaker controls the switch box.
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