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Constants in C#

amir peretz

Hi everybody,

I would like to know what is the “right way” to use constants in C#

I need to define relatively large number of constant values that need to be accessible from throughout the application.

Should I just create a class that will have all the definitions as “public const…”, and every class that will need to use this value will just create this object?

Is there any better way to do it? Does C# provide any built-in mechanism to do so?

thanks

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bart20y ago
In addition you can embed other classes in you AppConstants to organize your constants better. For examples:

public class AppConstants

{

public class Reporting
{
public static readonly SomeConstA = "ConstA";
public static readonly SomeConstB = "ConstB";
}
public class AppInfo
{
public static readonly System.String AppName = "My Apps";
public static readonly AppTitle = "Some Application Title";
}

}
So in your code this gives you better access:
AppConstants.Reporting.SomeConstA
or
AppConstants.AppInfo.AppTitle

- bart -
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Bhakeeswaran Thulasingam20y ago
Hi,
Instead of declaring constant variables u can declare them as static readonly variables as below, so that u can access them with ease.

public class AppConstants

{

public static readonly System.String AppName = "My Apps";

}

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