What's the C# equivalent to the With statement in VB? [duplicate]

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Equivalence of “With…End With” in c#?

There was one feature of VB that I really like...the With statement. Does C# have any equivalent to it? I know you can use using to not have to type a namespace, but it is limited to just that. In VB you could do this:

With Stuff.Elements.Foo
    .Name = "Bob Dylan"
    .Age = 68
    .Location = "On Tour"
    .IsCool = True
End With

The same code in C# would be:

Stuff.Elements.Foo.Name = "Bob Dylan";
Stuff.Elements.Foo.Age = 68;
Stuff.Elements.Foo.Location = "On Tour";
Stuff.Elements.Foo.IsCool = true;

Answer 1

Not really, you have to assign a variable. So

    var bar = Stuff.Elements.Foo;     bar.Name = "Bob Dylan";     bar.Age = 68;     bar.Location = "On Tour";     bar.IsCool = True; 

Or in C# 3.0 and above:

    var bar = new FooType     {         Name = "Bob Dylan",         Age = 68,         Location = "On Tour",         IsCool = True     };      Stuff.Elements.Foo = bar; 

Answer 2

Aside from object initializers (usable only in constructor calls), the best you can get is:

var it = Stuff.Elements.Foo; it.Name = "Bob Dylan"; it.Age = 68; ... 

Answer 3

The closest thing in C# 3.0, is that you can use a constructor to initialize properties:

Stuff.Elements.Foo foo = new Stuff.Elements.Foo() {Name = "Bob Dylan", Age = 68, Location = "On Tour", IsCool = true}