C# reference

This section provides reference material about C# keywords, operators, special characters, preprocessor directives, compiler options, and compiler errors and warnings.

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C# types

C# keywords
Provides links to information about C# keywords and syntax.

C# operators
Provides links to information about C# operators and syntax.

C# statements

C# special characters
Provides links to information about special contextual characters in C# and their usage.

C# attributes

C# preprocessor directives
Provides links to information about compiler commands for embedding in C# source code.

C# compiler options
Includes information about compiler options and how to use them.

XML documentation comments

C# compiler errors
Includes code snippets that demonstrate the cause and correction of C# compiler errors and warnings.

C# standard specification The latest C# standard draft, as created by the ECMA committee. The feature specifications for those features implemented in newer language versions.

Using the Visual Studio development environment for C#
Provides links to conceptual and task topics that describe the IDE and editor.

Includes information about how to use the C# programming language.