what is static void main?

Question

hi.. whenever we create console application we get the code like static void Main(string[] args) { } any one can tell me the meaning of static here? why the static key word is used? and what it mean?

Sam Hobbs · Answer

The Main method is static because it must be static for Windows to call it.

Dipa Ahuja · Answer

hello... i got idea that static method can be called without creating the instance.. but i want to know the meaning... and why the Main method is static??

Sam Hobbs · Answer

The Main function is called by Windows and Windows must call all programs the same way regardless of what language that the program was written in. So you can write a Windows program using C# or VB.Net or VB 6 or C++ and the compiled program can be called by Windows. Windows cannot do special processing for C# programs that it does not do for programs written using some other language. Note that this question is essentially the same as your what is shared void main and void main? . It is better to not ask the same question more than once because people might answer a question that already has answers elsewhere. I might choose to ignore questions when I see duplicates.

Bruce Roeser · Answer

The modifier 'static' in C# means that the function is callable without having to create an object instance first. For example let's say you defined a class: class foo { public static void bar() { } } bar() is called a class method because you can call it without creating an instance of foo. I.E. foo.bar(); However if you left 'static' off then you would have to create an instance of the class to use the function: foo f = new foo(); f.bar(); HTH -bwr-