Indexers Sample

This sample shows how C# classes can declare indexers to provide array-like access to the classes.

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To build and run the Indexers sample within Visual Studio

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the indexers project and click Properties.

  2. Open the Configuration Properties folder and click Debug.

  3. In the Command Line Arguments property, enter ..\..\Test.txt.

  4. Click OK.

  5. From the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.

To build and run the Indexers sample from the Command Line

  1. To compile the sample program, type the following at the command prompt:

    csc indexer.cs
  2. The sample program reverses the bytes in a file given as a command-line argument. For example, to reverse the bytes in Test.txt and see the result, issue the following commands:

    indexers Test.txt
    type Test.txt
  3. To change the reversed file back to normal, run the program on the same file again.