Question

I have this code below.

 delegate void TestDel(string str);
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TestDel td = name=> Console.WriteLine(name);
            TestDel td = (string name) { Console.WriteLine(name);}
            td("hello");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Here I have a delegate TestDel , which is created first by using a lambda expression which goes fine.
But the second method where I am using an anonymous method it doesn’t compile but if do like below:

TestDel td = delegate(string name) { Console.WriteLine(name);};

Then everything is fine, my confusion is that why can I use lambda expression and not anonymous method while they are same , why do i need to put delegate with anonymous method but not with lambda expression ?

Answer 1

Your second example should be:

TestDel td = (string name) => { Console.WriteLine(name); };