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/Making a Field Static, Constant, and Read-Only
Making a Field Static, Constant, and Read-Only
Learn about static, constant, and read-only fields in C# classes and how they can be used to manage shared and immutable data efficiently.
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In C#, fields can be more than just data containers; they can also have attributes that dictate how their values behave. This section will explore the versatility of fields, starting with static fields that share a value among all instances. We’ll also dive into constant and read-only fields.
Making a field static
The fields we have created so far have all been instance members, meaning that a different value of each field exists for each instance of the class created. The alice and bob variables have different Name values. Sometimes, we want to define a field with only one value shared across all instances. These are called static members because fields are not the only members that can be static. Let’s see what can be achieved using static fields:
Step 1: In the PacktLibraryNetStandard2 project, add a new class file named ...