Assigning values to variables

[Kiran A K]

In C#, i have seen values being assigned to strings in 2 ways.
1) string name = "Bill Gates";
2) string name = ("Bill Gates");

what is the difference betn. the 2 methods if any?
the second method uses parentheses. does this have any special influence on
the value of the string?

Any help would be welcome.

Regards,
Kiran

[Steven Nagy]

No difference in your example.

Generally used in arithmetic operations, where brackets take
precedence.

Also applies a measure of scope.
For example, if I have an object called obj....

((Button)obj).Text = "Start"; // This would work
((Button)obj.Text) = "Start"; // This would not because its trying to
cast (obj.Text) instead of (obj).

[Bruce Wood]

I have never seen anyone use the second form when dealing with strings.

The parentheses won't do any harm to the code, but they will give pause
to another programmer reading the code, who will stop and think, "What
the...?" before realizing that it doesn't matter and moving on.

Stick with the first form. :)

[Esmail Bonakarian]

Kiran A K wrote:

In C#, i have seen values being assigned to strings in 2 ways.
1) string name = "Bill Gates";
2) string name = ("Bill Gates");

what is the difference betn. the 2 methods if any?

no difference.

in this case extra parens are not helping, though i
frequently use them to explictly set precedence in
arithmetic expressions.

hth,
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