[Solved] What does “using System” mean in C#? [closed]

Question

The using System line means that you are using the System library in your project. Which gives you some useful classes and functions like Console class or the WriteLine function/method.

The namespace ProjectName is something that identifies and encapsulates your code within that namespace. It’s like package in Java. This is handy for organizing your codes.

class Program is the class name of your entry-point class. Unlike Java, which requires you to name it Main, you can name it whatever in C#.

And the static void Main(string[] args) is the entry-point method of your program. This method gets called before anything of your program.

And you can actually write a program without some of them in DotNet 5 and later as it now supports top level functions.

Accepted Answer

The using System line means that you are using the System library in your project. Which gives you some useful classes and functions like Console class or the WriteLine function/method.

The namespace ProjectName is something that identifies and encapsulates your code within that namespace. It’s like package in Java. This is handy for organizing your codes.

class Program is the class name of your entry-point class. Unlike Java, which requires you to name it Main, you can name it whatever in C#.

And the static void Main(string[] args) is the entry-point method of your program. This method gets called before anything of your program.

And you can actually write a program without some of them in DotNet 5 and later as it now supports top level functions.