Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

Custom constructors

We saw how to create a new instance of an object using the following syntax:

new ObjectType(); 

This way, you are calling the public implicit constructor. In simple words, the default constructor creates an instance without taking any parameters. All C# objects that are not using custom constructors will be using an implicit constructor.

Another great tactic is to write your own constructors. Why? It will have you typing a lot of code, it's fun to do, and it makes code much easier to read.

Custom constructors should be written within the code block of the class. Have a look at the example first and then we'll go through the actual syntax. A custom public constructor for the Person class could look like this:

As you can ...