Anonymous Type Behavior

Question

Can you explain the behavior of why this code produces this result?

var person = new { name = "George", age = 30};
WriteLine(person);

And Output is:

{ name = "George", age = 30}

What would you expect the output to be? – D Stanley Mar 29 '16 at 23:11 — D Stanley, Mar 29 '16 at 23:11

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '16 at 23:11

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WriteLine(object) implicitly calls ToString() on the underlying object. The method is virtual, meaning it can be overridden by derived types.

Anonymous types override object.ToString to show their properties and values. The compiler generates the overridden method, and it can't be changed at compile-time or run-time.

answered Mar 29 '16 at 23:11

D Stanley

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Thanks i will chose best answer. – Johnson Mar 29 '16 at 23:18

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