Question

I have a php code like this,going to convert it in to C#.

function HuntingDate()
{
    Global $nameofselectbox,$startYear,$endYear,$year,
    $startDate,$endDate,$startMounth,$endMounth,$startDay,$endDay;
    $today = getdate();
    $year=$today['year'];
    $mounth=$today['mon'];
    $day=$today['mday'];

Here is my try( I tried to use enum for this)

public enum  HuntingDate{string StartYear,string EndYear,string Year,string StartDate,string EndDate,string StartMonth,string EndMonth,stirng StartDay,string EndDay}

Can i do thisone with enum ? i got the error “Identifier expected,String is a keyword”

Answer 1

No not with enum, you should use a class for this:

public class HuntingDate
{
    string StartYear;
    string EndYear;
    string Year;
    string StartDate;
    string EndDate;
    string StartMonth;
    string EndMonth;
    string StartDay;
    string EndDay;
}

you then have further things to consider:

1. Strings are not ideal for date type data, for this consider using DateTime – with this you can merge the year, month and day values into one property:

   public class HuntingDate
   {
       public DateTime StartDateTime;
       public DateTime EndDateTime;
   }
   

2. Classes are used to define the structure of an object, as my example stands you would need to create an instance of the class in order to use it:

   HuntingDate huntingDate = new HuntingDate();
   

   with this you have to consider where you want to have access to it. If you need a global accessible instance you could initialise the class at a global scope level, or consider using a static class (though it should be noted that these values would be persisted across the whole application):

   public static class HuntingDate 
   {
       public static string Something;
   }
   

3. I would strongly suggesting doing some reading on C# (get a book!) if you want to do this more seriously you should get a solid grasp of the basics of C#