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Dipa Ahuja
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since Apr 01, 2009 
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what is static void main?

  Posted on: 17 Jul 2010       
hi..

whenever we create console application we get the code like 

static void Main(string[] args)
 {

}



any one can tell me the meaning of static here? why the static key word is used? and what it mean?
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Bruce Roeser
posted  26 posts
since  Feb 05, 2008 
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 Re: what is static void main?
  Posted on: 17 Jul 2010        0  
The modifier 'static' in C# means that the function is callable without having to create an object instance first. 

For example, let's say you defined a class:

class foo {
    public static void bar() {
    }
}

bar() is called a class method because you can call it without creating an instance of foo.  I.E.

foo.bar();

However, if you left 'static' off, then you would have to create an instance of the class to use the function:

foo f = new foo();
f.bar();

HTH,

-bwr-
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Sam Hobbs
posted  5915 posts
since  Sep 07, 2009 
from  Los Angeles, California, USA

 Re: what is static void main?
  Posted on: 17 Jul 2010        0  

The Main function is called by Windows and Windows must call all programs the same way, regardless of what language that the program was written in. So you can write a Windows program using C# or VB.Net or VB 6 or C++ and the compiled program can be called by Windows. Windows cannot do special processing for C# programs that it does not do for programs written using some other language.
 
Note that this question is essentially the same as your what is shared void main and void main?. It is better to not ask the same question more than once because people might answer a question that already has answers elsewhere. I might choose to ignore questions when I see duplicates.
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Dipa Ahuja
posted  499 posts
since  Apr 01, 2009 
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 Re: what is static void main?
  Posted on: 18 Jul 2010        0  
hello... i got idea that static method can be called without creating the instance..

but, i want to know the meaning...

and why the "Main" method is static??
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Sam Hobbs
posted  5915 posts
since  Sep 07, 2009 
from  Los Angeles, California, USA

 Re: what is static void main?
  Posted on: 18 Jul 2010        0  
The Main method is static because it must be static for Windows to call it.
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