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C# language feature:

  • Tuples

applies to

  • methods

benefit

  • Facilitates returning of more than one value from a method.

how to use

  • For a method that returns a tuple, specify the return value types/identifier of a method delimited by , enclosed in ()

important note

  • To use tuples, add NuGet package System.ValueTuple to your project.

example:

        (string firstname, string lastname) GetPersonsName()
        {
            return (firstname: "Jeff", lastname: "Doe");
        }
C# articles

csharp v2 +

Anonymous methods * Co- and Contra-variance for delegates * Delegate inference * Generics * Getter and setter separate accessibility * Iterators * Method group conversions (delegates) * Nullable types * Partials * Static classes *

csharp v3 +

Anonymous types * Auto-Implemented properties * Expression trees * Extension methods * Implicitly typed local variables * Lambda expression * Object and collection initializers * Partial methods * Query expressions *

csharp v4 +

Generic co- and contravariance * Named and optional arguments *

csharp v5 +

Asynchronous methods * Caller info attributes *

csharp v6 +

A note for CSharp 6 and beyond * Allow await in catch and finally blocks * Auto property initializers * Default values for Read-only Auto-properties * Dictionary (index) initializers * Exception filters * Expression-bodied members * Import of static type members into namespace * Null propagator (null-conditional operator, succinct null checking) * String interpolation * nameof operator *

csharp v7 +

Binary literals * Deconstruction * Digit separators * Expression bodied constructors and finalizers * Expression bodied getters and setters * Generalized async return types * Local functions * Out variables * Pattern matching * Ref returns and locals * Tuples *