CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
user1779342
user1779342

Reputation: 49

...is a type but is used like a variable

My idea here is to create a text based adventure game.

I'm trying to use a class in my main class. While I'm trying to, it gives me the error:

'MyAdventure.Window' is a 'type' but is used like a 'variable'

I'm not sure on how to solve this. I tried creating a new instance of the class but it didn't seem to work. I am fairly new to this, but could anyone please help?

Thanks in advance.

Here's the code for my main class (Program.cs):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace MyAdventure
{
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        Console.WriteLine("You cannot feel your body. You don't know where you are.\nThe room you're in is dark. You cannot see much.");
        Console.WriteLine("You decide to stand up, and take a look around. You see a door and a window.\nWhich do you check out first?");
        Console.WriteLine("A. Window\nB. Door");

        string userInput = Console.ReadLine();
        //Window theWindow = new Window();

        if (userInput.StartsWith("A", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
        {
            Window();
        }
        else if (userInput.StartsWith("B", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("You chose the door.");
        }

        Console.ReadKey();

    }
}

}

And this is the code (so far) for the other class Window.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace MyAdventure
{
public class Window
{
    static void theWindow()
    {

        Console.WriteLine("You approach the window.");
        Console.ReadKey();

    }
}

}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 16912

Answers (3)

Steve
Steve

Reputation: 216273

The correct syntax to call a static method of a class is the following

   if (userInput.StartsWith("A", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
   {
        Window.theWindow();
   }

You can't use simply the name of the class, but you should specify the static method to call (one from potentially many methods)

Calling static methods

Also the method 'theWindow' should be made public otherwise is private by default inside a class

access level for class members and struct members, including nested classes and structs, is private by default

public static void theWindow()
{
    Console.WriteLine("You approach the window.");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

Upvotes: 3

codingbiz
codingbiz

Reputation: 26386

theWindow() is a static method. Static members are called like ClassName.MethodName(), in your case Window.theWindow()

When you did Window theWindow = new Window();, you were creating an instance of the Window class. Static members cannot be access from instance of a class.

To call that method from an instance, you need to remove the static modifier

public class Window
{
    public void theWindow()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("You approach the window.");
        Console.ReadKey();

    }
}

Usage

Window w = new Window(); //creating an instance of Window
w.theWindow();

Upvotes: 1

Tigran
Tigran

Reputation: 62248

You may need to call 

....
...
if (userInput.StartsWith("A", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
      Window.theWindow();
}
...
...

Upvotes: 0

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