Re: Calling the base class constructor

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From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:06:43 +0100

Jo Vermeulen <jo@lumumba.luc.ac.be> wrote:
> I was wondering how I could call the base class constructor from a derived
> class constructor. In Java I could do something like
>
> super(parameter);
>
> I tried
>
> base(parameter);
>
> in C# but it doesn't compile. Any ideas?

You do base (parameter) but in a different place:

public Derived() : base (...)
{
}

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/constructors.html for more
information. 

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