C# classes

Don

Hi everyone,

I recently started to learn C# and picked up the excellent Head First C# book. One thing I noticed that the book teaches is that the keyword NEW is used to created an instance of a class. I would like to know if you need to use the NEW keyword or if you can't simply create a class, say Example, and then just call Example EX1, instead of doing Example EX1=new Example?

Thanks for any clarification on this

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Don18y ago
Thanks for the help.

As I remember from C++, you could just create a class and then to create an instance of that class, if the class was called student, wouldn't you just do this: student Jake, student Tom, etc?
Daniel Innala Ahlmark18y ago
Yes, you can create static methods, which you call by using the class name directly. If, however, you want to create new objects (instantiate) the class, 'new' is what you'd use.
Example ex;
ex = new Example();

or shorter:
Example ex = new Example();
Kirtan Patel18y ago
Here is Example i have Written

You have to declare the method Static in Order to use it direct without making Class Instance

Here I have Created Employee Class and in the Employee Class Having Method "printEmployeeName()" and declared it as Static method

Now i call this method from main Function Without making Instance of class

public class Test
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        Employee.printEmployeeName();
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

class Employee
{
    public static void printEmployeeName()
    {
        Console.Write("Emp Name is Kirtan");
    }
}

Thanks ,

Hope It Will be helpful to you :-)

Happy Coding :-)