static void Main(string[] args)
{
// create instance of the car class object
Car myNewCar = new Car(); // this is a new instance of an object of the type Car
Car fooCar = new Car(); // another instance of the car class
// populate it's properties
myNewCar.Make = "Oldsmobile";
myNewCar.Model = "Cutlas Supreme";
myNewCar.Year = 1976;
myNewCar.Color = "Silver";
// Console out the output of the values we just assigned to the prperties of the new instance of the Car class object
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3}", myNewCar.Make, myNewCar.Model, myNewCar.Year, myNewCar.Color);
Console.WriteLine("");
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/* 2 ways to call a method to get a number for car value:
* 1) create a helper method (as we have done below - hlpDetermineMarketValue ) that returns the value somehow
* 2) create a class method - which we have created in the class and it is called clsDetermineMarketValue */
// 1) call a class method to get the car value
// call the helper method and pass it the car class instance object
decimal decimalHelperMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar = hlpDetermineMarketValue(myNewCar);
// print out car value after returned from helper function
string strHelperMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar = string.Format("Car value returned from helper method hlpDetermineMarketValue = {0:C}", decimalHelperMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar);
CreateTestOutput(strHelperMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar);
// 2) call a class method to get the car value
// call the class method - notice we do not pass anything we simply ask the class to return the value by calling the method on the class object
decimal decimalClassMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar = myNewCar.clsDetermineMarketValue();
string strClassMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar = string.Format("Car value returned from class method clsDetermineMarketValue = {0:C}", decimalClassMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar);
// print out car value after returned from helper function
CreateTestOutput(strClassMethodDerivedMarketValueOfCar);
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/* Console print out (again) the values of the properties for this new class instance (class object) using our built-in method CreateOutputAndFinish
* string strMyNewCarInfo = myNewCar.Year + " " + myNewCar.Make + " " + myNewCar.Model + " - color: " + myNewCar.Color;
* CreateTestOutput(strMyNewCarInfo); */
}
