C# 5.0 Programmer's Reference

Enumerated Type Declarations ❘ 739
To initialize a collection class that provides an Add method, create a new instance of the class followed
by initial values enclosed in braces, as in the following code.
List pies = new List()
{
"Apple", "Banana", "Cherry", "Coconut Cream"
};
If the collection’s Add method takes more than one parameter, group parameters in brackets, as in
the following example.
Dictionary directory = new Dictionary()
{
{"Alice Artz", "940-283-1298"},
{"Bill Bland", "940-237-3827"},
{"Carla Careful", "940-237-1983"}
};
Using
To make it easy to call an object’s Dispose method, you can declare the object inside a using
statement. When the code reaches the end of the using block, the program automatically calls the
object’s Dispose method.
For example, the following code creates a Graphics variable named gr that is automatically disposed
when the using block ends.
using (Graphics gr = Graphics.FromImage(bm))
{
...
}
Enumerated Type Declarations
The syntax for declaring an enumerated type is as follows.
«attributes0» «accessibility» enum name
«: type»
{
«attributes1» name1 «= value1»,
«attributes2» name2 «= value2»,
...
}
The pieces of this declaration are as follows.
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attributes0—Attributes that specify extra properties for the enumeration.
accessibility—This determines which code can access the variable.
name—The name you want to give the enumeration.
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