Indexers Sample

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This sample shows how C# classes can declare indexers to provide array-like access to the classes.

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To build and run the Indexers sample within Visual Studio

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the indexers project, and then click Properties.

  2. Open the Configuration Properties folder, and click Debug.

  3. In the Command Line Arguments property, type ..\..\Test.txt.

  4. Click OK.

  5. On the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.

To build and run the Indexers sample from a command prompt

  1. To compile the sample program, type the following at a command prompt:

    csc indexer.cs

  2. The sample program reverses the bytes in a file given as a command-line argument. For example, to reverse the bytes in Test.txt and see the result, issue the following commands:

    indexers Test.txt
type Test.txt

  3. To change the reversed order, run the program on the same file again.

See Also

Concepts

Visual C# Samples

C# Programming Guide

Reference

Using Indexers (C# Programming Guide)

Indexers in Interfaces (C# Programming Guide)

Comparison Between Properties and Indexers (C# Programming Guide)