why we can use delegate in C# only

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I want to ask that delegate is used for type safe expression or tell me what are the uses of delegates in c# only

Posted 21-Apr-11 20:12pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2011-04-21T20:16:00

Solution 1

This is gibberish: "type safe expression".

About delegates, see this discussion: What is the difference between Event and Delegates[^].

—SA

Posted 21-Apr-11 20:16pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Sandeep Mewara 22-Apr-11 2:19am

5!

Looks like I was typing the same thing that you posted...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Apr-11 2:24am

Thank you, Sandeep.
--SA

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2011-04-21T20:19:00

Solution 2

Did you happen to look at standard MSDN overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/17sde2xt.aspx[^]?

Posted 21-Apr-11 20:19pm

Sandeep Mewara

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Apr-11 2:26am

5. By the way, this MSDN article does not describe things with enough detail (look my comment by that reference, for example), but for first look...
--SA

Pathum Tiranga · Answer 3 · 2011-11-30T23:32:00

Delegates is a type that reference Method. When it assigned by a method it behaves exactly same as that method. It can be used as parameters and can be returned a value. So it has same what are the methods have.

For more Read this article,

http://www.pathumf.blogspot.com/2011/11/delegates-in-c.html