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Expression-bodied Function Members in C# 6.0

Description

This article describes a new feature of C# 6.0 using Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview.

Content

As we all know Microsoft has launched a new version of C# called C# 6.0 with Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview and there is a new feature in C# 6.0 based on "Expression bodies of function members".

Sometimes we create small functions with 1 or 2 lines to do some task or activities like conversion or printing. So in C# 6.0 this feature allows us to optimize that function with a “Lamda Expression” like:

  1. public int  FunctionName() => 0;  

We can use methods, properties and other kinds of function members to have bodies that are expressions instead of statement blocks, just like with lambda expressions.

Let's see this feature.

I am using Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview.



Open Visual Studio 2015 and select "File" -> "New" -> "Project" and fill in the project name such as "Console Application1".



After creating the project, I will access some common static methods in "program.cs" without using a class name every time.

Example 1

In this example, I will write a method that will print the string value.

Code

  1. class Program  
  2.     {  
  3.         static void Main(string[] args)  
  4.         {  
  5.   
  6.             PrintString("Welcome To C# Corner");  
  7.             Console.ReadKey();  
  8.   
  9.         }  
  10.         public static void PrintString(string str)  
  11.         {  
  12.             Console.WriteLine(str);  
  13.         }  
  14.     } 

It will give the output:



But in C# 6.0 we can optimize this method definition with a "Lamda Expression" in a single line.

  1. class Program  
  2.     {  
  3.         static void Main(string[] args)  
  4.         {  
  5.   
  6.             PrintString("Welcome To C# Corner");  
  7.             Console.ReadKey();  
  8.   
  9.         }     
  10.   
  11.         public static void PrintString(string str) => Console.WriteLine(str);      
  12.           
  13.     } 




Output




Example 2

In this example, I will write a method that will get 2 integer values and provide the product of them as a result.

Code

  1. class Program  
  2.     {  
  3.         static void Main(string[] args)  
  4.         {  
  5.   
  6.             Console.WriteLine(multiply(2, 3).ToString());  
  7.             Console.ReadKey();  
  8.   
  9.         }  
  10.         public static int multiply(int var1, int var2)  
  11.         {  
  12.             return (var1 * var2);  
  13.         }  
  14.     }  

It will give the output:



But in C# 6.0 we can optimize this method definition with a "Lamda Expression" in a single line.

  1. class Program  
  2.     {  
  3.         static void Main(string[] args)  
  4.         {  
  5.   
  6.             Console.WriteLine(multiply(2, 3).ToString());  
  7.             Console.ReadKey();  
  8.   
  9.         }  
  10.         public static int multiply(int var1, int var2) => (var1 * var2);  
  11.     } 




Output



Conclusion

Now you have understood the new feature of C# 6.0 that allows the use of "Expression bodies of function members".


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