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Csharp Anonymous Methods

The document discusses anonymous methods in C# which allow passing code blocks as delegate parameters without specifying a name. Anonymous methods are declared along with the delegate instance using the delegate keyword. The delegate can then be called to execute the anonymous method or reference named methods in the same way. An example demonstrates creating delegates using both anonymous and named methods.

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Csharp Anonymous Methods

The document discusses anonymous methods in C# which allow passing code blocks as delegate parameters without specifying a name. Anonymous methods are declared along with the delegate instance using the delegate keyword. The delegate can then be called to execute the anonymous method or reference named methods in the same way. An example demonstrates creating delegates using both anonymous and named methods.

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C# - ANONYMOUS METHODS

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We discussed that delegates are used to reference any methods that has the same signature as that of the delegate. In other words, you can call a method that can be referenced by a delegate using that delegate object. Anonymous methods provide a technique to pass a code block as a delegate parameter. Anonymous methods are basically methods without a name, just the body. You need not specify the return type in an anonymous method; it is inferred from the return statement inside the method body.

Syntax for Writing an Anonymous Method


Anonymous methods are declared with the creation of the delegate instance, with a delegate keyword. For example,
delegate void NumberChanger(int n); ... NumberChanger nc = delegate(int x) { Console.WriteLine("Anonymous Method: {0}", x); };

The code block Console.WriteLine("Anonymous Method: {0}", x); is the body of the anonymous method. The delegate could be called both with anonymous methods as well as named methods in the same way, i.e., by passing the method parameters to the delegate object. For example,
nc(10);

Example:
The following example demonstrates the concept:
using System; delegate void NumberChanger(int n); namespace DelegateAppl { class TestDelegate { static int num = 10; public static void AddNum(int p) { num += p; Console.WriteLine("Named Method: {0}", num); } public static void MultNum(int q) { num *= q; Console.WriteLine("Named Method: {0}", num); } public static int getNum() { return num; }

static void Main(string[] args) { //create delegate instances using anonymous method NumberChanger nc = delegate(int x) { Console.WriteLine("Anonymous Method: {0}", x); }; //calling the delegate using the anonymous method nc(10); //instantiating the delegate using the named methods nc = new NumberChanger(AddNum); //calling the delegate using the named methods nc(5); //instantiating the delegate using another named methods nc = new NumberChanger(MultNum); //calling the delegate using the named methods nc(2); Console.ReadKey(); } } }

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces following result:
Anonymous Method: 10 Named Method: 15 Named Method: 30

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