{"id":291,"date":"2022-01-03T14:46:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csharptutorial.net\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2022-06-03T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T06:42:25","slug":"csharp-constructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.csharptutorial.net\/csharp-tutorial\/csharp-constructors\/","title":{"rendered":"C# Constructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you&#8217;ll learn about the C# constructors and how to use them to initialize objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to the C# constructors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A constructor is a special method whose name is the same as the <a href=\"https:\/\/csharptutorial.net\/csharp-tutorial\/csharp-class\/\">class<\/a> name. The constructor is special because of the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A constructor doesn&#8217;t have the return type.<\/li><li>When creating a new object, the C# compiler automatically calls the constructor.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, you use a constructor to initialize the new object by assigning values to the object&#8217;s properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The C# compiler implicitly creates a constructor without any parameter when defining a class. A constructor without a parameter is called a <strong>parameterless constructor<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the following defines a <code>Person<\/code> class:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Person.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>\n{\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>C# implicitly creates a constructor without any parameters like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Person.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>\n{\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n    }\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following example illustrates how C# implicitly calls the constructor when you create a new object:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Person.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>\n{\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Create a new Person object\"<\/span>);\n    }\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Program.cs<\/span>\n\nPerson p1 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span>();<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"plaintext\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"plaintext\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-plaintext\">Create a new Person object<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">plaintext<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">plaintext<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Define a constructor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example defines a constructor with three parameters for the <code>Person<\/code> class:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Person.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>\n{\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName;\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName;\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age;\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age<\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.firstName = firstName;\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.lastName = lastName;\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.age = age;\n    }\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">GetFullName<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">$\"<span class=\"hljs-subst\">{<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.firstName}<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.lastName}<\/span>\"<\/span>;\n    }\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, the constructor accepts three arguments and initializes the private properties <code>firstName<\/code>, <code>lastName<\/code>, and <code>age<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you define an explicit constructor, the C# compiler doesn&#8217;t implicitly add the parameterless constructor to the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, to create a new <code>Person<\/code>&#8216;s object, you need to pass three arguments like the following:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Program.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> p1 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> Person(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"John\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Doe\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Or<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\">Person p2 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"John\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Doe\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Define multiple constructors for a class<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>C# allows you to define multiple constructors with different parameters for a class. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-9\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Person.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>\n{\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName;\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName;\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age;\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n    }\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName<\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.firstName = firstName;\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.lastName = lastName;\n    }\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age<\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.firstName = firstName;\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.lastName = lastName;\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.age = age;\n    }\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-9\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, the <code>Person<\/code> class has three constructors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The first constructor is a parameterless constructor that accepts no parameter. <\/li><li>The second constructor accepts two parameters and initializes the <code>firstName<\/code> and <code>lastName<\/code> properties. <\/li><li>The third constructor accepts three parameters and initializes the <code>firstName<\/code>, <code>lastName<\/code>, and <code>age<\/code> properties.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By doing this, you can create a new <code>Person<\/code> object by passing no parameter, two parameters, or three parameters to the respective constructors:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-10\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Program.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> p1 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> Person();\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> p2 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> Person(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"John\"<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Doe\"<\/span>);\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> p3 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> Person(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"John\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Doe\"<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-10\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The code in the constructors is duplicated in initializing the <code>firstName<\/code> and <code>lastName<\/code> properties. To fix this, you can call a constructor in another constructor as shown in the following example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-11\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Person.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>\n{\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName;\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName;\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age;\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Initialized the object\"<\/span>);\n    }\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName<\/span>) : <span class=\"hljs-title\">this<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.firstName = firstName;\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.lastName = lastName;\n\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Initialized the first name &amp; last name properties\"<\/span>);\n    }\n\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age<\/span>) : <span class=\"hljs-title\">this<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">firstName, lastName<\/span>)<\/span>\n    {\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span>.age = age;\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Initialized the age property\"<\/span>);\n    }\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-11\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, the second constructor calls the first constructor via the <code><a href=\"https:\/\/csharptutorial.net\/csharp-tutorial\/csharp-this\/\">this<\/a><\/code> keyword:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-12\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName<\/span>) : <span class=\"hljs-title\">this<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-12\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>When you create an object with two parameters, this constructor will call the parameterless constructor (<code>this()<\/code>) before executing its body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third constructor calls the second constructor via the <code>this<\/code> keyword with the <code>firstName<\/code> and <code>lastName<\/code> arguments:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-13\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age<\/span>) : <span class=\"hljs-title\">this<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">firstName, lastName<\/span>)<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-13\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>If you create a new object with three arguments, the third constructor will call the second constructor, which calls the first constructor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the constructors will execute in the following sequence:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-14\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName<\/span>) : <span class=\"hljs-title\">this<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Person<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> firstName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> lastName, <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">byte<\/span> age<\/span>) : <span class=\"hljs-title\">this<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">firstName, lastName<\/span>)<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-14\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-15\" data-shcb-language-name=\"C#\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"cs\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-cs\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ Program.cs<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> p1 = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> Person(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"John\"<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Doe\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-15\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">C#<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">cs<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-16\" data-shcb-language-name=\"plaintext\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"plaintext\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-plaintext\">Initialized the object\nInitialized the first name &amp; last name properties\nInitialized the age property<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-16\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">plaintext<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">plaintext<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>By doing this, you can reuse the logic of other constructors when initializing the objects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>C# constructor is a special method whose name is the same as the class name.<\/li><li>C# compiler automatically calls the constructor when you create a new object.<\/li><li>Use the constructors to initialize objects.<\/li><li>Use multiple constructors in a class to make it more flexible to initialize a new object.<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content\" data-title=\"\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-question\">Was this tutorial helpful ?<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-thumbs\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\tdata-post=\"291\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.csharptutorial.net\/csharp-tutorial\/csharp-constructors\/\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-post-title=\"C# Constructors\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-response=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"wth-btn-rounded 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