why not allowed: name="Bob"; ?

Question

Hi why is this not possible ( name="Bob" ) and why is this allowed: static string name="Bob"? Thanks using System; public class oef2 { static string naam; name="Bob" ; public static void Welkom() { Console.WriteLine("Welkom " + name + " !"); } public static void Main(string[] args) { Welkom(); } }

Rajanikant Hawaldar · Answer

in non static class, static member can be initialized at it declaration or in static contrunctor. in non static class you can not access static member directly you have access through class name. class Program { static string name; // this is initailzing at below static contructor static string lastName = "Marley"; // this is initailzed at here means declaration. static Program() { name = "Bob"; } //naam="Bob"; public static void Welkom() { Console.WriteLine("Welkom " + Program.name + " !"); // static vaiable name is accessing through class level } public static void Main(string[] args) { Welkom(); } }

Sachin Singh · Answer

These are just the techniques, in c# you can initialize a field either inline or inside the constructor, if you don't follow anything then the compiler will create a default constructor anyway to initialize the fields. means public class MyClass { public int x=1; } public class MyClass { int x; public MyClass() { x=1; } } public class MyClass { int x; public MyClass( int x) { this .x=x; } } all the above are nearly equivalent. the second point, there are only two ways to initialize a member either inline or constructor, this is just how the c# compiler works, and we can not change it, so nobody can answer why. 3. static fields are recommended to initialize inline while other fields are nin constructor.

Valerie Meunier · Answer

Thanks