The nameof operator - CSharp Custom Type

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Introduction

The nameof operator returns the name of any symbol (type, member, variable, and so on) as a string:

Demo Code

using System;/*from  w  w w  .  j ava2 s  .  c om*/
class Test
{
   static void Main(){
      int count = 123;
      string name = nameof (count);       // name is "count"
      Console.WriteLine(name);
   }
}

Result

To specify the name of a type member such as a field or property, include the type as well.

This works with both static and instance members: 

string name = nameof (StringBuilder.Length);

This evaluates to "Length".

To return "StringBuilder.Length", you would do this: 

nameof (StringBuilder) + "." + nameof (StringBuilder.Length);

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