{"id":2190,"date":"2016-01-07T14:12:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:12:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:12:26","slug":"c-interactive-window-in-visual-studio-2015-update-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/c-interactive-window-in-visual-studio-2015-update-1\/","title":{"rendered":"C# Interactive Window in Visual Studio 2015 Update 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The C# Interactive window has been made available again in Visual Studio with the first update to 2015, this time as a REPL<\/a> window. You can type or paste and execute C# code, and it includes support for adding references to external DLLs and using namespaces. The window is intended for rapid prototyping C# code.<\/p>\n

It is available from Views > Other Windows > C# Interactive.
\n\"csrepl1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a simple example where we declare an integer variable, increment its value and then print it.
\n\"csrepl3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You can write any C# code including lambdas and LINQ queries.
\n\"csrepl4\"<\/a>
\nYou can also define types and write functions.
\n\"csrepl8\"<\/a>
\n\"csrepl9\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to use a namespace you must use the using<\/tt> directive just as you do in C#.
\n\"csrepl5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For references to additional DLLs (whether from the framework or custom) you use the #r<\/rr> command specifying the path to the module.
\n\"csrepl6\"<\/a>
\nAfter you referenced a module you can use its namespaces and the types available there.
\n\"csrepl7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For a list of all commands use the #help<\/tt> command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The C# Interactive window has been made available again in Visual Studio with the first update to 2015, this time as a REPL window. You can type or paste and execute C# code, and it includes support for adding references to external DLLs and using namespaces. The window is intended for rapid prototyping C# code. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[451,474,473,55,445],"class_list":["post-2190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csharp","category-visual-studio","tag-c","tag-interactive","tag-repl","tag-visualstudio","tag-vs2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t