CSharp/C# Tutorial - C# Structs






A struct is similar to a class.

A struct is a value type, whereas a class is a reference type.

A struct does not support inheritance.

A struct is implicitly deriving from object, or more precisely, System.ValueType.

A struct can have all the members a class can, except the following:
  • A parameterless constructor
  • A finalizer
  • Virtual members




Struct Constructor

A parameterless constructor that you can't override implicitly exists. It performs a bitwise-zeroing of its fields.

When you define a struct constructor, you must explicitly assign every field.

You can't have field initializers in a struct.

Here is an example of declaring and calling struct constructors:

public struct Point { 
   int x, y; 
   public Point (int x, int y) { this.x = x; this.y = y; } 
} 
Point p1 = new Point ();     // p1.x and p1.y will be 0 
Point p2 = new Point (1, 1); // p1.x and p1.y will be 1