Modern C# and .NET Tutorial: Cross-Platform Basics/

...

/

Working with Variable: Storing Any Type of Object

Working with Variable: Storing Any Type of Object

Learn how to use C#'s object and dynamic types to store mixed data, how casting is required to access object members.

We'll cover the following...

A special type named object can store any type of data, but its flexibility comes at the cost of messier code and possibly poor performance. Because of those two reasons, we should avoid it whenever possible.

Using the object type

The following steps show us how to use object types if we need to use them:

Step 1: Use your preferred code editor to add a new "Console App/console" project named Variables to the Chapter02 workspace/solution.

  • Select Variables as the active OmniSharp project if you use Visual Studio Code. When you see the pop-up warning message ...