CSharp - What is the output: instance constant

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Question

What is the output from the following code 

using System;
class TestConstants
{
    public const int MYCONST = 100;
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        TestConstants tc = new TestConstants();
        Console.WriteLine(" MYCONST is {0}", tc.MYCONST);

    }
}


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compile-time error

Note

constants are implicitly static.

We cannot access them through an instance reference.

We should use the class name here. So, the following line of code will work fine: 

Console.WriteLine(" MYCONST is {0}", TestConstants.MYCONST);

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