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The as keyword is an operator similar to a cast. If a cast is not possible, using as produces null rather than resulting in an InvalidCastException. expression as type is equivalent to expression is type ? (type)expression : (type)null with the caveat that as is only valid on reference conversions,...

Checks if an object is compatible with a given type, i.e. if an object is an instance of the BaseInterface type, or a type that derives from BaseInterface: interface BaseInterface {} class BaseClass : BaseInterface {} class DerivedClass : BaseClass {} var d = new DerivedClass(); Console.Write...

const is used to represent values that will never change throughout the lifetime of the program. Its value is constant from compile-time, as opposed to the readonly keyword, whose value is constant from run-time. For example, since the speed of light will never change, we can store it in a constan...

The namespace keyword is an organization construct that helps us understand how a codebase is arranged. Namespaces in C# are virtual spaces rather than being in a physical folder. namespace StackOverflow { namespace Documentation { namespace CSharp.Keywords { ...

Cast is different from the other methods of Enumerable in that it is an extension method for IEnumerable, not for IEnumerable<T>. Thus it can be used to convert instances of the former into instances of the later. This does not compile since ArrayList does not implement IEnumerable<T>: ...

public interface IAnimal { string Name { get; set; } } public interface INoiseMaker { string MakeNoise(); } public class Cat : IAnimal, INoiseMaker { public Cat() { Name = "Cat"; } public string Name { get; set; } public string M...

public class LivingBeing { string Name { get; set; } } public interface IAnimal { bool HasHair { get; set; } } public interface INoiseMaker { string MakeNoise(); } //Note that in C#, the base class name must come before the interface names public class Cat : LivingBei...

interface BaseInterface {} class BaseClass : BaseInterface {} interface DerivedInterface {} class DerivedClass : BaseClass, DerivedInterface {} var baseInterfaceType = typeof(BaseInterface); var derivedInterfaceType = typeof(DerivedInterface); var baseType = typeof(BaseClass); var derived...

using System; using BasicStuff = System; using Sayer = System.Console; using static System.Console; //From C# 6 class Program { public static void Main() { System.Console.WriteLine("Ignoring usings and specifying full type name"); Console.WriteLine(&quot...

using System; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Net.Sockets; using System.Text; class TcpChat { static void Main(string[] args) { if(args.Length == 0) { Console.WriteLine("Basic TCP chat"); Console.WriteLine(); ...

Using the null-coalescing operator (??) allows you to specify a default value for a nullable type if the left-hand operand is null. string testString = null; Console.WriteLine("The specified string is - " + (testString ?? "not provided")); Live Demo on .NET Fiddle This is l...

using is syntactic sugar that allows you to guarantee that a resource is cleaned up without needing an explicit try-finally block. This means your code will be much cleaner, and you won't leak non-managed resources. Standard Dispose cleanup pattern, for objects that implement the IDisposable interf...

The using static [Namespace.Type] directive allows the importing of static members of types and enumeration values. Extension methods are imported as extension methods (from just one type), not into top-level scope. 6.0 using static System.Console; using static System.ConsoleColor; using static ...

Overloading just equality operators is not enough. Under different circumstances, all of the following can be called: object.Equals and object.GetHashCode IEquatable<T>.Equals (optional, allows avoiding boxing) operator == and operator != (optional, allows using operators) When overrid...

To make a class support collection initializers, it must implement IEnumerable interface and have at least one Add method. Since C# 6, any collection implementing IEnumerable can be extended with custom Add methods using extension methods. class Program { static void Main() { va...

string sqrt = "\u221A"; // √ string emoji = "\U0001F601"; // 😁 string text = "\u0022Hello World\u0022"; // "Hello World" string variableWidth = "\x22Hello World\x22"; // "Hello World"

Apostrophes char apostrophe = '\''; Backslash char oneBackslash = '\\';

Backslash // The filename will be c:\myfile.txt in both cases string filename = "c:\\myfile.txt"; string filename = @"c:\myfile.txt"; The second example uses a verbatim string literal, which doesn't treat the backslash as an escape character. Quotes string text = "\&...

try { /* code that could throw an exception */ } catch (Exception ex) { /* handle the exception */ } Note that handling all exceptions with the same code is often not the best approach. This is commonly used when any inner exception handling routines fail, as a last resort.

try { /* code to open a file */ } catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException) { /* code to handle the file being not found */ } catch (System.IO.UnauthorizedAccessException) { /* code to handle not being allowed access to the file */ } catch (System.IO.IOException) { /* cod...