C

<c> XML tag, Standard XML Documentation Tags

callbacks, Delegates (see delegates)

caller info attributes, Caller Info Attributes (C# 5.0)–Caller Info Attributes (C# 5.0)

CallerFilePath attribute, Caller Info Attributes (C# 5.0)

CallerLineNumber attribute, Caller Info Attributes (C# 5.0)

CallerMemberName attribute, Caller Info Attributes (C# 5.0)

captured variables, Capturing Outer Variables

carriage return, escape sequence for, Strings and Characters

case clause, switch statement, The switch statement

cast operator (( )), Conversions, Upcasting, Boxing and Unboxing, Nullable Conversions

Cast operator, LINQ, Standard Query Operators, OfType and Cast–OfType and Cast

casting, Conversions, Casting and Reference Conversions–The is operator, The object Type, Boxing and Unboxing, Interfaces, Enum Conversions

(see also boxing; conversions)

enums, Enum Conversions

implicit, to interface, Interfaces

to object type, The object Type

catch block, try Statements and Exceptions, The catch Clause–The catch Clause

chaining extension methods, Extension Method Chaining

chaining query operators, LINQ, Chaining Query Operators–Chaining Query Operators

char literals, Strings and Characters

char type, Strings and Characters, Default Values

checked operator, The checked and unchecked operators

class generic constraint, Generic Constraints

class keyword, Classes

classes, A First C# Program, Identifiers and Keywords, Instance versus static members, Classes–Partial methods, Classes, Static Classes, Partial Types and Methods, Inheritance, Abstract Classes and Abstract Members, Sealing Functions and Classes

abstract classes, Abstract Classes and Abstract Members

base classes, Partial Types and Methods (see base classes)

declaring, Classes

identifiers for, Identifiers and Keywords

sealing, Sealing Functions and Classes

static classes, Instance versus static members, Static Classes

subclasses, Inheritance (see subclasses)

closed types, Generic Types

closure, Capturing Outer Variables

<code> XML tag, Standard XML Documentation Tags

combinable enums, Flags Enums

comments, A First C# Program, Comments, XML Documentation–Standard XML Documentation Tags

CompareTo method, String comparisons

comparison operators, Equality and Comparison Operators, String comparisons, Overloading Equality and Comparison Operators–Overloading Equality and Comparison Operators

compilation, Compilation

complement operator, bitwise (~), Bitwise operators

Concat operator, LINQ, Set operators, Standard Query Operators

concatenating strings, String concatenation

concurrency, Asynchronous Functions (C# 5.0) (see asynchronous functions)

conditional operators, Conditional Operators

constants, Type Basics, Heap, Expressions and Operators, Declaration Statements, Constants–Constants, Enums

as expressions, Expressions and Operators

declaring, Declaration Statements

group of, Enums (see enum type)

constraints, Generic Constraints

constructors, Constructors and instantiation, Instance Constructors–Nonpublic constructors, Instance Constructors, Implicit parameterless constructors, Nonpublic constructors, Static Constructors, Constructors and Inheritance, Constructors and Inheritance, Constructor and field initialization order, Struct Construction Semantics

field initialization order with, Constructor and field initialization order

implicit parameterless constructors, Implicit parameterless constructors

nonpublic, Nonpublic constructors

of subclasses, Constructors and Inheritance

overloading, Instance Constructors

parameterless, Constructors and Inheritance

static constructors, Static Constructors

struct, Struct Construction Semantics

Contains method, Searching within strings

Contains operator, LINQ, Quantifiers, Standard Query Operators

contextual keywords, Contextual keywords

continue statement, The continue statement

contravariance, Contravariance, Parameter variance

conversions, Conversions, Conversions, Conversions, Integral to integral conversions, Integral to integral conversions, Integral to integral conversions, Strings and Characters, Casting and Reference Conversions, Boxing and Unboxing, Enum Conversions, Nullable Conversions, Mixing nullable and non-nullable operators, Custom Implicit and Explicit Conversions, Custom Implicit and Explicit Conversions, Custom Implicit and Explicit Conversions, Deferred Execution, Standard Query Operators, Standard Query Operators, OfType and Cast, Dynamic Conversions

boxing, Boxing and Unboxing

char type, Strings and Characters

custom conversions, Custom Implicit and Explicit Conversions

dynamic types, Dynamic Conversions

enums, Enum Conversions

explicit, Conversions, Integral to integral conversions, Custom Implicit and Explicit Conversions

implicit, Conversions, Integral to integral conversions, Custom Implicit and Explicit Conversions

LINQ, Deferred Execution, Standard Query Operators, Standard Query Operators, OfType and Cast

nullable types, Nullable Conversions, Mixing nullable and non-nullable operators

numeric, Integral to integral conversions

reference conversions, Casting and Reference Conversions

Copy method, Arrays

Count operator, LINQ, Aggregation operators, Standard Query Operators

covariance, Covariance–Covariance, Return type variance

CreateInstance method, Arrays

.cs files (source code), Compilation

csc.exe file (compiler), Compilation

custom attributes, Writing Custom Attributes

custom binding, Custom Binding–Custom Binding

custom types, Custom Type Examples