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C#

Posted by richardking4
richardking4
2,997 Points

How does C# know which method to call when there are multiple methods with the same name?

I'm curious how C# knows which method to call if we've overloaded a method.

Does it just determine the correct one based on the parameters that have been passed in?

1 Answer

Emmanuel C
Emmanuel C
10,636 Points
Emmanuel C
Emmanuel C
10,636 Points

Yes you're correct. Depending on the arguments passed into the method when you call it, it will use the appropriate method. You would actually get a compiler error if you try to have two methods with the same name and arguments.

richardking4
richardking4
2,997 Points

Thanks for confirming!