'base' as a function parameter name in C#

I am currently following Microsoft's Naming Guidelines, and so using camelCase in function parameter naming. Now suppose I would like to use the signature

public string WriteNumberInBase (int number, int base)

in some method and the compiler is complaining about the p开发者_高级运维arameter name just because 'base' is a reserved keyword... Is there any way I can get 'base' to be accepted as a parameter name?

Try this:

public string WriteNumberInBase (int number, int @base)
//                                               ^
//                             the @ sign is used to "escape" keywords

(As a side note, in VB.NET you would do the same by putting a keyword or reserved word in square brackets, e.g. [MyBase].)

Or alternatively, simply call your parameter radix instead of base.

You can use @base, as others have mentioned.

However, you could also follow the example of Convert.ToString(int, int) which uses toBase as the parameter name.

Alternatively, you could use radix as a synonym (in context) to base. At that point you might want to change the name of the method too, of course.

Yup.

public string WriteNumberInBase (int number, int @base)

You'll have to refer to the parameter with @ sign as well:

DoSomethingWith (@base);

This looks odd and I advise you to think of a different name.
It looks particularly odd when it's not the only parameter because @ sign confuses the brain into thinking this parameter is special in some way, when semantically it is not.

According to the first paragraph on this page, you can prepend the "@" character to create a valid identifier:

public string WriteNumberInBase(int number, int @base)

use @base instead of base .... it applies to all keywords ... use @ before the keyword and you will be fine