Is short.Parse property or method?

Question

I used short.Parse(somestring)in the past. But lately, I have seen confusing usage short.Parse()as below:

var shortArray = Array.ConvertAll(stringArr, short.Parse);

So, it Array.ConvertAllexpects an array and a converter. Well, fine! But how do we pass short.Parse as (or similar) a property? I did not find such a property in a Int16struct. So what is really going on here?

Answer 1

Array.ConvertAllaccepts a delegate instance as the second parameter Converter<TIn, TOut>. The signature of this delegate is essentially the same as short.Parse- both return a value for one argument.

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Array.ConvertAll(stringArr, new Converter<string, short>(short.Parse));

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Answer 2

short.Parse - . .

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