Demonstrate a structure

   

/*
C#: The Complete Reference 
by Herbert Schildt 

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002)
ISBN: 0072134852
*/
// Demonstrate a structure. 
 
using System; 
 
// Define a structure. 
struct Book { 
  public string author; 
  public string title; 
  public int copyright; 
 
  public Book(string a, string t, int c) { 
    author = a; 
    title = t; 
    copyright = c; 
  } 
} 
 
// Demonstrate Book structure. 
public class StructDemo1 { 
  public static void Main() { 
    Book book1 = new Book("Herb Schildt", 
                          "C# A Beginner's Guide", 
                          2001); // explicit constructor 
 
    Book book2 = new Book(); // default constructor 
    Book book3; // no constructor 
 
    Console.WriteLine(book1.title + " by " + book1.author + 
                      ", (c) " + book1.copyright); 
    Console.WriteLine(); 
 
    if(book2.title == null) 
      Console.WriteLine("book2.title is null."); 
    // now, give book2 some info 
    book2.title = "Brave New World"; 
    book2.author = "Aldous Huxley"; 
    book2.copyright = 1932; 
    Console.Write("book2 now contains: "); 
    Console.WriteLine(book2.title + " by " + book2.author + 
                      ", (c) " + book2.copyright); 
 
    Console.WriteLine(); 
 
// Console.WriteLine(book3.title); // error, must initialize first 
    book3.title = "Red Storm Rising"; 
 
    Console.WriteLine(book3.title); // now OK 
  } 
}