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Chaitanya
Chaitanya

Reputation: 379

Extension method must be defined in a non-generic static class

I have written the following code to find out the missing sequence but i am getting the error as i mentioned this is my code

public partial class Missing : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    List<int> daysOfMonth =
       new List<int>() { 6, 2, 4, 1, 9, 7, 3, 10, 15, 19, 11, 18, 13, 22, 24, 20, 27, 31, 25, 28 };
    Response.Write("List of days:");
    foreach (var num in daysOfMonth)
    {
        Response.Write(num);
    }
    Response.Write("\n\nMissing days are: ");
    // Calling the Extension Method in the List of type int 
    foreach (var number in daysOfMonth.FindMissing()){Response.Write(number);}
}
public static IEnumerable<int> FindMissing(this List<int> list)
{
    // Sorting the list
    list.Sort();
    // First number of the list
    var firstNumber = list.First();
    // Last number of the list
    var lastNumber = list.Last();
    // Range that contains all numbers in the interval
    // [ firstNumber, lastNumber ]
    var range = Enumerable.Range(firstNumber, lastNumber - firstNumber);
    // Getting the set difference
    var missingNumbers = range.Except(list);
    return missingNumbers;
}

}

I am getting the error as follows Extension method must be defined in a non-generic static class can any one help me

Upvotes: 5

Views: 27772

Answers (2)

Developer
Developer

Reputation: 8636

This is what you have to write as per Bryan watts answer

public partial class Missing : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     // Your code
}
}

public static class MissingExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<int> FindMissing(this List<int> list)
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Upvotes: 4

Bryan Watts
Bryan Watts

Reputation: 45445

As the error states, extension methods can only be declared on a non-generic static class. You are attempting to declare the FindMissing method in the Missing class, which is not a non-generic static class.

You have two options:

  1. Make the method a normal method, in which case it can stay in the Missing class
  2. Declare another class, perhaps MissingExtensions, to contain the method

This is what the second option would look like:

public static class MissingExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<int> FindMissing(this List<int> list)
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Upvotes: 21

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