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Compiler Error CS0236 

Visual Studio 2005

Error Message

A field initializer cannot reference the nonstatic field, method, or property 'field'

Instance fields cannot be used to initialize other instance fields outside of a method. If you are attempting to initialize a variable outside of a method, consider performing the initialization inside the class constructor. For more information, see Methods (C# Programming Guide).

The following sample generates CS0236:

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// CS0236.cs
public class MyClass
{
   public int i = 5;
   public int j = i;  // CS0236
   public int k;      // initialize in constructor

   MyClass()
   {
      k = i;
   }

   public static void Main()
   {
   }
}
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public class class1
{
public string method1()
{
return "Hello World";
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}

public class class2
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class1 cl = new class1();
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}
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