C# – Call One Constructor from Another

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I need to call one constructor from the body of another one. How can I do that?

Basically

class foo {
    public foo (int x, int y)
    {
    }

    public foo (string s)
    {
        // ... do something

        // Call another constructor
        this (x, y); // Doesn't work
        foo (x, y); // neither
    }
}

Best Answer

You can't.

You'll have to find a way to chain the constructors, as in:

public foo (int x, int y) { }
public foo (string s) : this(XFromString(s), YFromString(s)) { ... }

or move your construction code into a common setup method, like this:

public foo (int x, int y) { Setup(x, y); }
public foo (string s)
{
   // do stuff
   int x = XFromString(s);
   int y = YFromString(s);
   Setup(x, y);
}

public void Setup(int x, int y) { ... }
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