Difference between internal & private access modifiers in C#

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What is the difference between internal and private access modifiers in C#

Rajanikant Hawaldar · Answer

internal is for assembly scope example only accessible from code in the same .exe or .dll private is for class scope example accessible only from code in the same class https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/puranindia/what-are-access-modifiers-in-C-Sharp/ https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/forums/difference-between-internal-and-private

Ajay Gohil · Answer

Hi, internal: The type or member can be accessed by any code in the same assembly, but not from another assembly. (i.e. only accessible from code in the same .exe or .dll) private: The type or member can be accessed only by code in the same class or struct. (i.e. accessible only from code in the same class). For more information refer following site: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/What-is-difference-between-internal-and-private-modifiers-in-Chash

Ashutosh Gupta · Answer

Internal applies to assembly scope and private applices to class scope... if you have defined any member as private in any class in Test.csproj then you can acces that member in any other class of same assembly. if you have two .net project e.g. Test.csproj and test1.csproj.. defining any member as internal in Test.csproj will not be accessable in another proj (e.g. test1.csproj). but if you have some cases where you still want to access internal members to any specific assembly then yu can go to assembly.cs and mark InternalVisible("AssemblyName");

Salman Beg · Answer

Check this link, https://www.tutorialspoint.com/What-is-difference-between-internal-and-private-modifiers-in-Chash https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3813485/internal-vs-private-access-modifiers

Difference between internal & private access modifiers in C#

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