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I know that C# has the using
keyword, but using
disposes of the object automatically.
Is there the equivalence of With...End With
in Visual Basic 6.0?
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I know that C# has the using
keyword, but using
disposes of the object automatically.
Is there the equivalence of With...End With
in Visual Basic 6.0?
C# doesn't have an equivalent language construct for that.
It's not equivalent, but would this syntax work for you?
Animal a = new Animal()
{
SpeciesName = "Lion",
IsHairy = true,
NumberOfLegs = 4
};
There is no equivalent, but I think discussing a syntax might be interesting!
I quite like;
NameSpace.MyObject.
{
active = true;
bgcol = Color.Red;
}
Any other suggestions?
I cant imagine that adding this language feature would be difficult, essentially just a preprocessed.
EDIT:
I was sick of waiting for this feature, so here is and extension that achieves a similar behavior.
/// <summary>
/// C# implementation of Visual Basics With statement
/// </summary>
public static void With<T>(this T _object, Action<T> _action)
{
_action(_object);
}
Usage;
LongInstanceOfPersonVariableName.With(x => {
x.AgeIntVar = 21;
x.NameStrVar = "John";
x.NameStrVar += " Smith";
//etc..
});
EDIT: Interestingly it seems someone beat me to the punch, again, with this "solution". Oh well..
I think the equivalent of the following VB:
With SomeObjectExpression()
.SomeProperty = 5
.SomeOtherProperty = "Hello"
End With
Would be this is C#:
{
Var q=SomeOtherExpression();
q.SomeProperty = 5;
q.SomeOtherProperty = "Hello";
}
The only real difference is that in vb, the identifier doesn't have a name "q", but is simply a default identifier used when a period is encountered without any other identifier before it.
There's no equivalent to With ... End With in C#.
Here's a comparison chart for you that illustrates differences between Visual Basic and C#.
There is no equivalent structure in C#. This is a Visual Basic 6.0 / VB.NET feature.