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mattsmith5
mattsmith5

Reputation: 1133

Do C# results vary based on curly brace placement?

We are currently using C# and want to know if C# bracket placements can change the results.

In Javascript, it matters as results vary based on the curly brace placement .

Why do results vary based on curly brace placement?

In JS they should be kept on the same line, if there are problems with browsers incorrectly interpretting it.

if (x == a)
{
    ...
}

if (x == a) {
    ...

Does bracket placement matter for C#?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 142

Answers (1)

ProgrammingLlama
ProgrammingLlama

Reputation: 38777

No, they don't.

In JavaScript, you can write code without ending your lines of code with a semicolon, and JavaScript will automatically fill in the missing semicolons when it interprets your code. That's what this answer to the question you linked is essentially stating. That is to say: the brace placement isn't the real issue in JS; it's the ability to write code with/without semicolons and have JS automatically fill these in for you. The brace placement issue is more of a side effect of this functionality.

In C#, a "line" doesn't end until the semicolon is reached (even if that "line" spans multiple physical lines), and writing code without semicolons isn't something that is automagically taken care of for you by the compiler; it will simply fail to compile. The brace placement in C# therefore is unimportant.

Upvotes: 6

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