Illustrated C# 2012

C H A P T E R  5

Methods

• The Structure of a Method
• Code Execution in the Method Body
• Local Variables
• Local Constants
• Flow of Control
• Method Invocations
• Return Values
• The Return Statement and Void Methods
• Parameters
• Value Parameters
• Reference Parameters
• Reference Types As Value and Reference Parameters
• Output Parameters
• Parameter Arrays
• Summary of Parameter Types
• Method Overloading
• Named Parameters
• Optional Parameters
• Stack Frames
• Recursion

The Structure of a Method

A method is a block of code with a name. You can execute the code from somewhere else in the program by using the method's name. You can also pass data into a method and receive data back as output.

As you saw in the previous chapter, a method is a function member of a class. ...