A get or set accessor expected?

[Mike_R]

Please forgive me for what could bee the noob question of the year...

 

Normally I use VB.NET, but fooling around with C# today, I couldn't even get to first base. I attempted the following code:

           static void Run
           {
              MessageBox.Show("hello");

           }

But the compiler complained about the MessageBox.Show call, complaining that:

A get or set accessor expected

(See the screen shot below.)

 

Can anyone tell me what ridiculously simple thing I am missing here?

 

Thanks in advance!

Mike

[Arch4ngel]

This is a function

static void Run
{
  ...
}

 

This is a method:

static void Run()
{
...
}

 

For your function though... It would require a valid type.

Exemple:

 

public int Age
{
  get { return m_Age; }
  set { m_Age = value; }
}

[snarfblam]

The parentheses make the difference between a function/property, i.e.

public int Function(){
}

public int Property{
}

In a property, you provide two (or at least one) accessor functions name get and set (very similar to VB).

int _Property
public int Property{
   get {
       return _Property;
   }
   set {
       _Property = value;
   }
}

You can omit one or the other to make read-only or write-only properties.

 

VB is very lax with parentheses and always adds them for you when you forget them. If you keep using C# you will notice lots of places where VB throws things in or auto-corrects for you that C# doesn't (usually because it can't, for example, adding parentheses for you will turn a property into a function).

[Mike_R]

Ah, ok, thank you guys, I really appreciate it!

 

Funny place for it to put the red-squigly-underline, though. It gives every impression that my call to MessageBox.Show() was invalid, whereas it really should be underlining the word 'Run', I would think, no?

 

Anyway, squigly-gripes aside, I thank you both for your exceptionally clear explanations. :)

 

-- Mike