Unions

Tom Tom · 07-06-2006

can you use unions in C#?

AddCoderPro · 07-07-2006

There is no union in C# nor in VB.NET but union but you can use the FieldOffset attribute to have a memory represenation: here is a sample hack to use union:
Unions in C#

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[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
public struct MyUnionWithCategories
{
[FieldOffset(0)] public int Category;
[FieldOffset(0)] public char CategoryRep;
[FieldOffset(0)] public long CategoryIndicator;
}
--

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Tom Tom Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 49 Posts: 25	Unions can you use unions in C#?

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07-07-2006	#2 (permalink)
AddCoderPro Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 15	There is no union in C# nor in VB.NET but union but you can use the FieldOffset attribute to have a memory represenation: here is a sample hack to use union: Unions in C# -- [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)] public struct MyUnionWithCategories { [FieldOffset(0)] public int Category; [FieldOffset(0)] public char CategoryRep; [FieldOffset(0)] public long CategoryIndicator; } --

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