C# 4.0 - Named Arguments

For methods having numerous arguments we tend to get confused. And this is also pain for others while reviewing the code. C# 4.0 gives us an opportunity to pass parameters with name.

How it works, let’s check it. Suppose you have a method like below,

public static class TestClass

{

public static void ParamMethod(string Name, double Salary,

string Department, int Age = 30)

{

Console.WriteLine("Name = {0}", Name);

Console.WriteLine("Age = {0}", Age);

Console.WriteLine("Salary = {0}", Salary);

Console.WriteLine("Department = {0}", Department);

}

}

Now the calling would look like,

TestClass.ParamMethod(Name:"Amal", Salary:1000.00,

Department:"Software",Age:31);

You can alter the sequence of the parameters too,

TestClass.ParamMethod("Tupur", 2000.00,

Department: "IT", Age: 26);

No compiler overhead is associated with it.

Rule, Non-optional parameters has to be specified either sequentially or by name.