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Functional Programming with C#

You're reading from   Functional Programming with C# Unlock coding brilliance with the power of functional magic

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805122685
Length 258 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Foundations of Functional Programming in C#
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Functional Programming FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Expressions and Statements 4. Chapter 3: Pure Functions and Side Effects 5. Chapter 4: Honest Functions, Null, and Option 6. Part 2:Advanced Functional Techniques
7. Chapter 5: Error Handling 8. Chapter 6: Higher-Order Functions and Delegates 9. Chapter 7: Functors and Monads 10. Part 3:Practical Functional Programming
11. Chapter 8: Recursion and Tail Calls 12. Chapter 9: Currying and Partial Application 13. Chapter 10: Pipelines and Composition 14. Part 4:Conclusion and Future Directions
15. Chapter 11: Reflecting and Looking Ahead 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Task 3 – Using a Pure attribute

Refactor the following method by making it a pure function and marking it with the Pure attribute:

public string GenerateEnemyCode(string enemyType, int level)
{
     var code = enemyType.Substring(0, 3) + level.ToString();
     return new string(code.OrderBy(c => c).ToArray());
}

If these tasks are easy, you might want to consider reading topics that are new to you first. If you have any questions or are not sure about the correct answers, don’t worry – next, we’ll dive into the concept of pure functions and side effects while using the characters from the previous chapter – Julia and Steve.

A week later, Julia called Steve and said that if he wanted to continue learning functional programming, he needed to understand the logic of pure functions and side effects.

Julia: Pure functions are functions that have deterministic output and no observable side...

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