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C#

James Hammond
James Hammond
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Posted by James Hammond
James Hammond
1,297 Points

How do I get a list from an array from a separate class to bring on Console.WriteLine?

I am working on a Console Starbucks Experience, where a customer comes in and is shown a menu. I have a Menu class, a Program Class, and a Customer Class.

right now the menu class has an array of items the customer can buy. As I am learning though, I am wondering how I would print the information of the array in the Menu Class onto the screen in the program class.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

There are a number of possible ways this could happen, including:

  • the program class could contain an instance of the menu class
  • an instance of the menu class might be passed to the program class
  • the menu class might be static
  • the array inside the menu could be publicly accessible and printed by code in the program class
  • the menu class might have a method that prints out the array when invoked
Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points
Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points

You would 'import' the class into your Program class. And then instantiate a menu object. Like

Menu menu1 = new Menu(); //pass in whatever is required in your constructor