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First, thank you. Second, I want to create the dog variable in the scope of the if statement and not in outer scope.

michael
– michael

2011-08-18 20:10:30 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 20:10
@Michael you cannot do that in an if statement. The if has to have a bool result not an assignment. Jon Skeet provides some nice generic and lambda combinations you may which to consider as well.

Rodney S. Foley
– Rodney S. Foley

2011-08-18 20:13:27 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 20:13
if can have a bool result and an assignment. Dog dog; if ((dog = animal as Dog) != null) { // Use Dog } but that still introduces the variable in the outer scope.

Tom Mayfield
– Tom Mayfield

2011-08-24 17:36:03 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2011 at 17:36

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