Methods - Beginner

John Burns

Hey guys,
this is my first post, i have some experience programming but in VB.NET.
i have some confusion when it comes to Methods in C#
the word 'Static' confuses me and then i see methods without the word Static ?? and then there are Methods that start with Char ect. It seems way more complex than VB.NET
I have a rough idea that the word static may be methods that return values, almost like Functions in VB.NET and the ones without the static act like subs?
Alos, in you're opinion; i know that there are no powers to learn c# over vb since they are both compliled into MSIL but what would be the most beneficial one to learn looking towards the future?

thanks

John

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Sam Hobbs15y ago
Accepted answer
A static method does not have a reference to an instance of the class that it is in. A static method in a class can be called without an instance of the class. One common uses of static methods is for methods called by Windows since Windows does not know what instance of the class that a method is called for. A static method cannot call any of it's non-static methods without having a reference to an instance of it's class provided separately. Technically speaking, a C# static method is not called with a reference to the instance of it's class that it is a member of.

A method definition is prefixed with the return type; the return type is fundamentally the same as the return type in a VB function that is, in VB, specified after "As" in the function. If nothing is returned then "void" is used in C# as the return type.

The return value of a static method can be anything that a non-static method can return.
Crish15y ago
Hi

To get more detail about method beginner just go through this below link.

http://richardbowles.tripod.com/java/guide/methods/methods.htm
John Burns15y ago
thanks for the answers guys; appreciated
Santhosh N15y ago
Statis is equal to shared in VB and If you are to start working I would recommend you to work with C# which makes you felxible even to move to other technologies like java, C++ even as syntaxes would be similar if that is making you scared.. :)
Subhendu De15y ago
Static method means you don't need to instantiate the object of the class like

public class Test
{
public static void TestMethod(){};
}

You can call this by Test.TestMethod(). There is nothing related to return type with static. Static keyword enables CLR to access the methods without instatiating object of the defining class.

C#/VB.NET both language has their own merits/demerits. So try to learn one and then you can work on other after 2/3 years of coding.

Thanks.....