C# 0 The Complete Reference

static

. A method that is modified by 

static

 can be 

called before an object of its class has been created. This is necessary because 

Main( )

 is 

called at program startup. The keyword 

void

 indicates that 

Main( )

 does not return a value. 

As you will see, methods can also return values. The empty parentheses that follow 

Main

indicate that no information is passed to 

Main( )

. Although it is possible to pass information 

into

Main( )

, none is passed in this example. The last character on the line is the 

{

. This 

signals the start of 

Main( )

’s body. All of the code that comprises a method will occur 

between the method’s opening curly brace and its closing curly brace.

The next line of code is shown here. Notice that it occurs inside 

Main( )

.

Console.WriteLine("A simple C# program.");

This line outputs the string “A simple C# program.” followed by a new line on the screen. 

Output is actually accomplished by the built-in method