Question

I’m creating an application in C#. Its function is to evaluate if a given is prime and if the same swapped number is prime as well.

When I build my solution in Visual Studio, it says that “an object reference is required for the non-static field, method or property…”. I’m having this problem with the “volteado” and “siprimo” methods.

Where is the problem and how can I fix it?

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.Write("Write a number: ");
            long a= Convert.ToInt64(Console.ReadLine()); // a is the number given by the user


            long av = volteado(a); // av is "a" but swapped

            if (siprimo(a) == false && siprimo(av) == false)
                Console.WriteLine("Both original and swapped numbers are prime.");
            else
                Console.WriteLine("One of the numbers isnt prime.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private bool siprimo(long a)
        {
            // Evaluate if the received number is prime
            bool sp = true;
            for (long k = 2; k <= a / 2; k++)
                if (a % k == 0) sp = false;
            return sp;
        }

        private long volteado(long a)
        {
            // Swap the received number
            long v = 0;
            while (a > 0)
            {
                v = 10 * v + a % 10;
                a /= 10;
            }
            return v;
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You can’t access non-static members from a static method. (Note that Main() is static, which is a requirement of .Net). Just make siprimo and volteado static, by placing the static keyword in front of them. e.g.:

 static private long volteado(long a)