C# Program to Demonstrate the Example of an Array of Delegates

In C#, a delegate is an object which refers to a method or it is a reference type variable that can hold a reference to the methods. Delegates are similar to the C/C++ function pointer. It also provides a way that tells which method is to be called when an event is triggered. As the name suggests an array of delegates means declaring an array of delegates in the array using the following syntax:

Syntax:

name[] object = new name[size];

Where name is the delegate array and size is the delegate array size. We can also pass the methods to a delegate array through its index.

name[0] = method1;
name[1] = method2;
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name[n] = methodn;

We can call the delegate by using its name.

delegate_array();

Now we will create three methods and create an array of delegates to point the methods and we call methods using an array of delegates.

Approach:

1. Declare the delegate here Myrect() is the delegate.

delegate void Myrect(double len, double width);

2. Create three normal methods named Area, Perimeter, and Diagonal.

3. Create an array of delegates of size 3.

Myrect[] del = new Myrect[3];

4. Pass these methods to each array index of the delegate.

del[0] = Area;
del[1] = Perimeter;
del[2] = Diagonal;

5. Call the delegate iterating the array inside for loop.

for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
    del[i](len, width);
}

Example:

Output:

Data:
Area:20
Perimeter:18
Diagonal:6.40312423743285

Explanation: In the above example, we create a delegate named “Myrect(double len, double width)” and it takes two parameters. Now we create a class named “GFG” that contains three methods named Area, Perimeter, and Diagonal, and these methods take two arguments named len(i.e., length of the rectangle) and width(i.e., width of the rectangle). In the main method, we create two variables and initialize them with the length and width of the rectangle(i.e., 4, and 5). Now we create an array of delegates of size 3 named “del” and pass these methods to each array index of the delegate. i.e., del[0] = Area; del[1] = Perimeter; del[2] = Diagonal;. Display the data by calling the delegate(i.e, del[i](len, width)) iterating the array inside for loop(Here the for loop iterate three times).