nameof Expression in C# 6.0

In this article, We will discuss How to use nameof Expression in C# 6.0.

Whenever we used any property, function or a data member name into a message as a string so we need to use the name as hard-coded in “name”. So in the Future if we want to change the message then in all the places we need to change. To avoid this problem, in C# 6.0 nameof expression was developed.

For Example

       class Employee

        {

            public int Id { get; set; } = 101;

            public string Name { get; set; } = "Max";

            public int Salary { get; set; } = 1000;

        }

  static void Main(string[] args)

   {

       Employee objEmp = new Employee();

            Console.WriteLine("{0} : {1}", nameof(Employee.Id), objEmp.Id);

       Console.WriteLine("{0} : {1}", nameof(Employee.Name), objEmp.Name);

       Console.WriteLine("{0} : {1}", nameof(Employee.Salary), objEmp.Salary);  

   }

Output:

       Id : 101

       Name : Max

       Salary : 1000

Whenever we use nameof(Employee.Id) then automatically in the output it will display Id. So no need of any hard-code anything here.