Question

I made some changes to a C# project using Visual Studio 2008. When I try to compile I get an instant error “CS0150 – a constant value is expected”. However the compiler doesn’t tell me where this error is supposed to happen neither a code line nor even the *.cs file. The output goes like this:

------ Build started: Project: MyProgram, Configuration: Release Any CPU ------
error CS0150: A constant value is expected

Where is this error coming from and how to get rid of it? I’m sure I didn’t changed any “switch” statement like the MSDN suggest. I also tried upgrading the project to Visual Studio 2010, but that didn’t helped.

Answer 1

The following pseudo-code caused this error:

private static int NumEntries = 2;
private string[] Strings = new String[NumEntries] {"123", "abc"};

For some reason the compiler didn’t tell me where the error happened, so I hade to search my whole project.