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Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with C#

You're reading from   Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with C# Build maintainable software with reusable code using C#

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296229
Length 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Sur Abhishek Sur
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Raihan Taher Raihan Taher
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Overview of C# as a Language FREE CHAPTER 2. Hello OOP - Classes and Objects 3. Implementation of OOP in C# 4. Object Collaboration 5. Exception Handling 6. Events and Delegates 7. Generics in C# 8. Modeling and Designing Software 9. Visual Studio and Associated Tools 10. Exploring ADO.NET with Examples 11. New Features in C# 8 12. Understanding Design Patterns and Principles 13. Git - The Version Control System 14. Prepare Yourself - Interviews and the Future 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Tuples

A tuple is a data structure that holds a set of data. Tuples are mainly helpful when you want to group data and use it. Normally, a C# method can only return one value. By using a tuple, it is possible to return multiple values from a method. The Tuple class is available under the System.Tuple namespace. A tuple can be created using the Tuple<> constructor or by an abstract method named Create that comes with the Tuple class.

You can fix any data type in a tuple and access it using Item1, Item2, and so on. Let's look at an example to get a better idea of this:

var person = new Tuple<string, int, string>("Martin Dew", 42, "Software Developer"); // name, age, occupation
or
var person = new Tuple.Create("Martin Dew", 42, "Software Developer");

Let's take a look at how to return a tuple from a method by using the...

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