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Bryan Carroll
683 PointsWhen I searched System.Console class, I only saw 2 methods with "Write" in the name but the answer was 18 ?
Can you post the 18 methods with Write in the name or what constitutes the answer of 18? Thanks!
2 Answers
Steven Parker
230,274 PointsYou can count them for yourself in the documentation, but just from watching the Documentation video, you see about 15 of them scroll by starting at about the 2:15 time index while the instructor says "There are actually many methods named 'Write' in the console class. They all take different types of parameters."
... And that's enough to narrow the possible right answers down to just one.
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,968 PointsSee this page from the Microsoft docs.
Bryan Carroll
683 PointsHi Kris, thanks for the reply. Just to clear up confusion. the question on the quiz is below.
How many different methods named Write are there in the System.Console class?
To me that meant, in the System.Console class, how many methods are there?
Looking at the link below on the left hand side, there is a dropdown under Console called Methods. In here 2 methods with "Write" in the name are listed.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.console?view=netframework-4.7.2
In the link you provided, (in the Write method) their are 18 "overloads". Are overloads considered methods?
I don't think I fully understand overloads but to me they look like options you have when using the method that method not an actual method.
Thanks for your time in replying!
Steven Parker
230,274 PointsSee the comment I added to my answer.
Steven Parker
230,274 PointsSteven Parker
230,274 PointsBased on what the instructor says in the video about the "different methods" that "take different types of parameters", and that he says this while scrolling through the overloads, it's clear that he's considering the overloads to be "different methods".
Bryan Carroll
683 PointsBryan Carroll
683 PointsThat works for me. In terms of the actual class System.Console if it were a question on a test, I think the answer would be 1 or 2 depending on how it was worded but in the context of the lesson video, I can see how 18 would fit as the answer. Fair statement?