Question

I have the class:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

    }

    public static int SetFlag_Old(this int i, int flag, bool set = true)
    {
        return (set) ? i | flag : ((i & flag) != 0) ? (i - flag) : i;

    }
}

And when I put this code into the main method above I do not get the option to call the extension method and I can’t figure out why.

int i = 0;
i.

Even when I create a non-static method and insert that code I can’t seem to call the extension methods. Am I missing something really simple?

Answer 1

The extension method has to be in a static class:

public static class IntExtensions 
{
    public static int SetFlag_Old(this int i, int flag, bool set = true)
    {
        return (set) ? i | flag : ((i & flag) != 0) ? (i - flag) : i;
    }
}

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