The nameof keyword in C#

The nameof operator returns a string literal of an element that can be a variable, type or member.

For example, the following is our variable −

var vehicle = "motorbike";

To get the string literal, use nameof −

nameof(vehicle);

The following is the code to implement nameof keyword −

Example

 Live Demo

using System;

public class Program {
   static void Main() {
      var vehicle = "motorbike";
      Console.WriteLine(nameof(vehicle));

      var time = DateTime.Now.ToLocalTime();
      Console.WriteLine(nameof(time));

      var a = false;
      Console.WriteLine(nameof(a));
   }
}

Output

vehicle
time
a

George John

e

Updated on: 22-Jun-2020

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