Simple Question

[brianh]

I am a vb dev trying to understand c# syntax. If I want to call a function from main (should I be doing this) how would I do it? Here is my code:

namespace parsetxt
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Class1.
	/// </summary>
	class Class1
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
		
			string parsed = parseIt("lease.txt");
			//
			// TODO: Add code to start application here
			//
		}

		public string parseIt(string fl)
		{
			// Read the file as one string.
			System.IO.StreamReader myFile =
				new System.IO.StreamReader(fl);
			string myString = myFile.ReadToEnd();

			myFile.Close();

			// Display the file contents.
			Console.WriteLine(myString);
			// Suspend the screen.
			Console.ReadLine();
		}
	}
}

Thanks!

[CornedBee]

You did it correctly, but you have no object to work on. Make parseIt static, then it will work.

[brianh]

Is it better practice to not have any functions within your main class (where the main function resides). Would it be better to create a new class, and place functions in there???

[CornedBee]

OOP design is about larger things than just "where put the functions". If you think function-wise, then an OOP language like C# is not for you. You first need to learn the object oriented programming concepts to understand what a class is about.

If you don't use Internet Explorer, you can look at this, it explains the theory of oop.
http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e0226430/...heory_main.xml

[brianh]

Well, I think I do understand some of the concepts. But, I will agree that I am rusty on why it is such a benefit from event driven programs.