Can an anonymous method in C# call itself?

Question

I have the following code:

class myClass { private delegate string myDelegate(Object bj);  protected void method()    {    myDelegate build = delegate(Object bj)                 {                     var letters= string.Empty;                     if (someCondition)                         return build(some_obj); //This line seems to choke the compiler                     else string.Empty;                  };    ......    } } 

Is there another way to set up an anonymous method in C# such that it can call itself?

Answer 1

You can break it down into two statements and use the magic of captured variables to achieve the recursion effect:

myDelegate build = null; build = delegate(Object bj)         {            var letters= string.Empty;            if (someCondition)                return build(some_obj);                                        else string.Empty;         };