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Understanding Anonymous Functions in C#

Anonymous functions allow code blocks to be passed as delegates without needing a name. There are two types of anonymous functions: anonymous methods and lambda expressions. Anonymous methods define a method body without a name or return type, while lambda expressions define anonymous functions that can contain expressions and statements to create delegates. Anonymous types allow encapsulating a set of read-only properties without defining an explicit type by using an object initializer with the new operator.

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Understanding Anonymous Functions in C#

Anonymous functions allow code blocks to be passed as delegates without needing a name. There are two types of anonymous functions: anonymous methods and lambda expressions. Anonymous methods define a method body without a name or return type, while lambda expressions define anonymous functions that can contain expressions and statements to create delegates. Anonymous types allow encapsulating a set of read-only properties without defining an explicit type by using an object initializer with the new operator.

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Anonymous Functions

An anonymous function is an "inline" statement or expression that can be used wherever a delegate
type is expected. You can use it to initialize a named delegate or pass it instead of a named delegate
type as a method parameter.

There are two kinds of anonymous functions;


1. Anonymous Methods
2. Lambda Expressions

1. Anonymous methods
 Anonymous methods provide a technique to pass a code block as a delegate parameter.
 Anonymous methods are basically methods without a name, just the body.
 You need not specify the return type in an anonymous method;

// Create a handler for a click event.


button1.Click += delegate(System.Object o, System.EventArgs e)
{ System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Click!"); };

2. Lambda expressions
A lambda expression is an anonymous function that can contain expressions and statements, and can be
used to create delegates or expression tree types.

class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
new ShoppingCart().Process(delegate(bool x) { return x ? 10 : 5; }
);
}
}

Anonymous Types
 Anonymous types provide a convenient way to encapsulate a set of read-only properties into a
single object without having to explicitly define a type first. The type name is generated by the
compiler and is not available at the source code level. The type of each property is inferred by the
compiler.
 You create anonymous types by using the new operator together with an object initializer.

var productQuery = from prod in products


select new { prod.Color, prod.Price };

foreach (var v in productQuery)


{
Console.WriteLine("Color={0}, Price={1}", v.Color, v.Price);
}

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