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// Very verbose manner in which to declare a bool.

System.Boolean b4 = false;

Console.WriteLine("Your data: {0}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5}",

myInt, myString, b1, b2, b3, b4);

Console.WriteLine();

}

“New-ing” Intrinsic Data Types

All intrinsic data types support what is known as a default constructor (see Chapter 5). In a nutshell,

this feature allows you to create a variable using the new keyword, which automatically sets the vari-

able to its default value:

• bool types are set to false.

• Numeric data is set to 0 (or 0.0 in the case of floating-point data types).

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• char types are set to a single empty character.

• DateTime types are set to 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM.

• Object references (including strings) are set to null.

Although it is more cumbersome to use the new keyword when creating a basic data type vari-

able, the following is syntactically well-formed C# code:

static void NewingDataTypes()

{

Console.WriteLine("=> Using new to create intrinsic data types:");

bool b = new bool();              // Set to false.

int i = new int();                // Set to 0.

double d = new double();          // Set to 0.

DateTime dt = new DateTime();     // Set to 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM

Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}", b, i, d, dt);

Console.WriteLine();

}