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• James Divine

  Sorry it may be obvious to you but I am still a newb at this...

   

  Why would you even have two methods   Can't you use the optional keyword in the declaration like:
  
  

  private void TestOutput(optional String strHelloName)

  
  to cover both conditions
  
  So what I am assuming is if another method calls TestOutput() the first is called if it calls TestOutput(strUserName) then the second function is called.
  
  I would have to assume also that you could not have two TestOutput methods with both taking a string, but one could have a string and the other an integer.

  
  
  

• zadcoe

  1)  C# doesn't have optional parameters, only VB.NET does.  This is why you'll often see far more methods in a C# project than a VB.NET project.
  
  2)  You are correct, you could not have 2 methods of the same name both with a String as a parameter.  Each method would need a different set of parameters.

  
  
  

• RyanB88

  This is very common in C#.  For example:
  
  

  private void TestOutput() {   Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); } private void TestOutput(String strHelloName) {   Console.WriteLine("Hello " + strHelloName); }

  
  

  
  
  

• hoowahfun

  Could you explain to me what the writer means by "calling another overload of the same routine"  I understand how both methods work but I would have thought the second method PrintItemsInSelectedProject would need to be called something else before the first methind would be able to call it.

  
  
  

• Phoenix wolfe

  VS.NET does not supply a means for doing this automatically, but here's an MSDN article on how to create a macro to achieve what you are looking to do:
  
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dncodefun/html/code4fun05302003.asp
  
  Hope this helps,
  Josh
  
  

• Zeeshan

  I didn't think it was possible to have two functions with the same name.
  
  

• Fabita

  Thank you for all of the help.
  
  

• new2

  There are 2 functions with the same name, but different parameters: 
    Sub PrintItemsInSelectedProject()
    and
    Sub PrintItemsInSelectedProject(ByVal projitems As ProjectItems)
  
  The author is attempting to state that the first function is calling the 2nd, and the 2nd function is just an overload of the first.
  
  Glad I could help,
  Josh Lindenmuth 
  
  
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