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C# is an open source programming language created in 2000 by Anders Hejlsberg.

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C# (pronounced as see sharp) is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines. It was developed by Microsoft within its .NET initiative and later approved as a standard by Ecma (ECMA-334) and ISO (ISO/IEC 23270:2006). C# is one of the programming languages designed for the Common Language Infrastructure. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from Compiler Explorer:
class Program { static int Square(int num) => num * num; }
Example from Riju:
class main { static void Main(string[] args) { System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!"); } }
Example from hello-world:
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
Example from Linguist:
ο»Ώusing System; namespace MongoDB.Serialization.Descriptors { internal class BsonPropertyValue { public bool IsDictionary { get; private set; } public Type Type { get; private set; } public object Value { get; private set; } public BsonPropertyValue(Type type, object value, bool isDictionary) { Type = type; Value = value; IsDictionary = isDictionary; } } }
Example from Wikipedia:
using System.Windows.Forms; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { MessageBox.Show("Hello, World!"); System.Console.WriteLine("Is almost the same argument!"); } }
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Language features

Feature Supported Example Token
Standard Library βœ“ Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
Conditionals βœ“
Access Modifiers βœ“
Switch Statements βœ“
Exceptions βœ“
Constants βœ“
Classes βœ“
While Loops βœ“
Case Sensitivity βœ“
Function Composition βœ“ // Call example: // var c = Compose(f, g); // // Func g = _ => ... // Func f = _ => ... Func Compose(Func f, Func g) => _ => f(g(_));
Default Parameters Pattern βœ“ public void ExampleMethod(string optionalstr = "default string") {}
Line Comments βœ“ // A comment //
Dispose Blocks Pattern βœ“ using (Resource resource = GetResource()) { // Perform actions with the resource. ... }
Module Pattern βœ“ // In C#, namespaces are the semi-equivalent of Java's packages. namespace com.test { class Test {} }
Operator Overloading βœ“
Namespaces βœ“ namespace MyNamespace; class MyClass { public void MyMethod() { System.Console.WriteLine("Creating my namespace"); } }
File Imports βœ“ using static System.Console; using static System.Math; class Program { static void Main() { WriteLine(Sqrt(3*3 + 4*4)); } }
Type Casting βœ“ Animal animal = new Cat(); Bulldog b = (Bulldog) animal; // if (animal is Bulldog), stat.type(animal) is Bulldog, else an exception b = animal as Bulldog; // if (animal is Bulldog), b = (Bulldog) animal, else b = null animal = null; b = animal as Bulldog; // b == null
Directives βœ“ #define MAX_CLIENTS 200 int array[MAX_CLIENTS]; #if PRODUCTION //code #elif DEVELOPMENT //code #else //code #endif
Generators βœ“ // Method that takes an iterable input (possibly an array) // and returns all even numbers. public static IEnumerable GetEven(IEnumerable numbers) { foreach (int i in numbers) { if ((i % 2) == 0) { yield return i; } } }
Constructors βœ“ public class MyClass { private int a; private string b; // Constructor public MyClass() : this(42, "string") { } // Overloading a constructor public MyClass(int a, string b) { this.a = a; this.b = b; } } // Code somewhere // Instantiating an object with the constructor above MyClass c = new MyClass(42, "string");
Generics βœ“ // Declare the generic class. public class GenericList { public void Add(T input) { } } class TestGenericList { private class ExampleClass { } static void Main() { // Declare a list of type int. GenericList list1 = new GenericList(); list1.Add(1); // Declare a list of type string. GenericList list2 = new GenericList(); list2.Add(""); // Declare a list of type ExampleClass. GenericList list3 = new GenericList(); list3.Add(new ExampleClass()); } }
Pointers βœ“ // Pointers supported only under certain conditions. // Get 16 bytes of memory from the process's unmanaged memory IntPtr pointer = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.AllocHGlobal(16);
Async Await βœ“ public async Task FindPageSize(Uri uri) { byte[] data = await new WebClient().DownloadDataTaskAsync(uri); return data.Length; }
MultiLine Comments βœ“ /* A comment */ /* */
Print() Debugging βœ“ Console.WriteLine("This is C#"); Console.WriteLine
Assignment βœ“ int pldb = 80766866;
Integers βœ“ int pldb = 80766866;
Booleans βœ“ true false
Strings βœ“ "hello world" "
Comments βœ“ // A comment
Semantic Indentation X

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