CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
Larry
Larry

Reputation: 23

How to pass values inputted by user in main method to another method in C#?

How to pass inputted values of user in main method to my Add() method parameter? And also how to output the result to my Add() method?

     int Add(int a,int b)
     {
        return a + b;
     }
     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
        int num1;
        int num2;
        Console.WriteLine("Input any whole number: ");
        num1 = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        Console.WriteLine("Input any whole number again: ");
        num2 = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
     }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 710

Answers (2)

Fabjan
Fabjan

Reputation: 13676

A more object-oriented approach would be to put it into a new class and use it:

public class MyCalculator
{
    public int Add(int a,int b)
    {
       return a + b;
    }
}


 static void Main(string[] args)
 {
    ...
    var calculator = new MyCalculator();        
    var res = calculator.Add(num1, num2);
    Console.WriteLine(res);
 }

However if we think about it a bit more it is not that obvious. For example class Math in .Net is static so specifically for objects like calculator you might want to make them static as well:

public static class MyCalculator
{
    public static int Add(int a,int b)
    {
       return a + b;
    }
}

And use it like this MyCalculator.Add(x1, x2);

Upvotes: 4

user11753067
user11753067

Reputation:

You should make your Add method static here, because it should be callable from the static Main method.

public static int Add(int a, int b)
{
    return a + b;
}

Then you will need to save the result from an Add method call in a variable (result for example) and output it to the console. You could add these lines to the bottom of your Main method:

int result = Add(num1, num2);
Console.WriteLine(result);
Console.ReadKey();

Upvotes: 7

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