Question

When use the Using statement and the {} Scope modifier, how do you get a value outside of it? This feels like an anonymous function in procedural code but it’s not.

using (SqlConnection m_DBCon = new Something())
{
    int x = 1;
}

{
    int y = 3;
}

x; // not found
y; // not found

Answer 1

Declare the variable you need before the using block, and then assign it inside.

int x;

using (SqlConnection m_DBCon = new Something())
{
    x = 1;
}

// x == 1