Static function

[csharpula csharp]

Hello,
I am parsing some main arguments and calling to functions according to
it. Is it possible not to define the called functions as static? How can
I design it better?
Thanks
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[ian.kemp]

You can create a helper class containing those methods, then
instantiate the helper class in the main() method, e.g.

public class Program {
public static void Main(string[] args) {
ArgumentHandler handler = new ArgumentHandler (args);
}
}

public class ArgumentHandler {
public ArgumentHandler (string[] args) {
ProcessArgs(arg s);
}

private void ProcessArgs(str ing[] args) {
// do something with the command-line arguments
}
}

csharpula csharp wrote:

Hello,
I am parsing some main arguments and calling to functions according to
it. Is it possible not to define the called functions as static? How can
I design it better?
Thanks
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[Christof Nordiek]

Hi csharpula,

why do you think, the function shouldn't be static. Your post is very
unclear about, what you want to acomplish. Maybe a static method is simply
the best solution in your case.

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Hello,
I am parsing some main arguments and calling to functions according to
it. Is it possible not to define the called functions as static? How can
I design it better?
Thanks
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[Hooyoo]

Main is a static function, so the function called by Main should be
statis. It's very clear.
Christof Nordiek wrote:

Hi csharpula,

why do you think, the function shouldn't be static. Your post is very
unclear about, what you want to acomplish. Maybe a static method is simply
the best solution in your case.

"csharpula csharp" <cs*******@yaho o.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:%2******** *******@TK2MSFT NGP02.phx.gbl.. .

Hello,
I am parsing some main arguments and calling to functions according to
it. Is it possible not to define the called functions as static? How can
I design it better?
Thanks
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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Hooyoo <zh*********@12 6.comwrote:

Main is a static function, so the function called by Main should be
statis. It's very clear.

Not really - it's perfectly possible to call non-static methods from
Main; you just need to create an instance of something on which to call
the instance method. For example:

using System;

class Counter
{
int limit;

Counter (int limit)
{
this.limit = limit;
}

void Start()
{
for (int i=0; i < limit; i++)
{
Console.WriteLi ne (i);
}
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Counter counter = new Counter(int.Par se(args[0]));
counter.Start() ;
}
}

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[Hooyoo]

Aha, I knew that. I mean Main call some functions not some methods of
a object, that is the question.
Jon wrote:

Hooyoo <zh*********@12 6.comwrote:

Main is a static function, so the function called by Main should be
statis. It's very clear.

Not really - it's perfectly possible to call non-static methods from
Main; you just need to create an instance of something on which to call
the instance method. For example:

using System;

class Counter
{
int limit;

Counter (int limit)
{
this.limit = limit;
}

void Start()
{
for (int i=0; i < limit; i++)
{
Console.WriteLi ne (i);
}
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Counter counter = new Counter(int.Par se(args[0]));
counter.Start() ;
}
}

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Hooyoo <zh*********@12 6.comwrote:

Aha, I knew that. I mean Main call some functions not some methods of
a object, that is the question.

Well, I had assumed that "function" was being used as a synonym for
"method" seeing as Main is a static *method* and there's no such thing
as a "function" in C#.

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[Hooyoo]

You misunderstood me, see the following snippet:
using System;
class Counter
{
int limit;
Counter (int limit)
{
this.limit = limit;
}
void Start()
{
for (int i=0; i < limit; i++)
{
Console.WriteLi ne (i);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
/*Start menthod is non-static method, so you cannot write like
this:
Start();
so some smart guys will write like this right way:
*/
Counter counter = new Counter(int.Par se(args[0]));
counter.Start() ; //You cannot call
//* Like passing "this" pointer to static member functions in
c++
}

}

Jon wrote:

Hooyoo <zh*********@12 6.comwrote:

Aha, I knew that. I mean Main call some functions not some methods of
a object, that is the question.

Well, I had assumed that "function" was being used as a synonym for
"method" seeing as Main is a static *method* and there's no such thing
as a "function" in C#.

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[Otis Mukinfus]

On 30 Nov 2006 01:15:24 -0800, "Hooyoo" <zh*********@12 6.comwrote:

>You misunderstood me, see the following snippet:
using System;

{snip}

Despite what you say, Jon is correct. There are no "functions" in C#. Only
methods.

>Well, I had assumed that "function" was being used as a synonym for
"method" seeing as Main is a static *method* and there's no such thing
as a "function" in C#.

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Good luck with your project,

Otis Mukinfus
http://www.arltex.com
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