What's the difference between constructor and method?

Question

Hi, what is a constructor in c#? I've been trying figure out what's the difference between a constructor and a normal method. I'm a beginner.

Answer 1

Hi @Mikhail ,
You can refer to Constructors (C# programming guide) for more information.
And here are some characteristics of the constructor.

• A constructor is a special method whose name is the same as the name of its type. Its method signature includes only the method name and its parameter list; it does not include a return type.
• The constructor is used to initialize the members of the object, and can complete some work while creating an object. When using new() to create a new object, the system will automatically call the constructor of the class.
• When no construction method is written in a class, the system will automatically generate a construction method without parameters when compiling, but if you write a construction method yourself, the system will not automatically generate it again.

Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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Answer 2

REF.

[Constructor]
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/constructors

[Method]
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/methods

A constructor is executed when you create an instance of a class.
A method is executed by explicitly calling its name.