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I was looking for a way to convert vb event handling to c# since i am implementing something and, after reading this post ( How do I Convert from Anonymous Event Handlers in C# to VB.Net), i tried to copy the lambda structure, and somehow it worked, but i have NO IDEA. How it does, can someonoe please explain it to me?
Or at least guide me to a link for a tutorial or something that helps me understand whats going on in here...
I mean, i can get out with this since it, somehow, worked, but i want to understand whats going on rather than just, "get the job done".

Class.Event += Class.Delegate((sometext)) => {eventhandlemethod(sometext);});

eventhandlemethod(string s)

{

   MessageBox.Show(s);

}

Thanks in advance!

I am not familiar with VB.NET but an anonymous Function or Action as it would be in the case of an Eventhandler is basically just a short form of writing.

But what is the line

Class.Event += Class.Delegate((sometext) => {eventhandlemethod(sometext);});

telling you?

1. You have an Event, and you add the handler (obviously).


2. 
   

   You have added an anonymous method as Eventhandler and created a Delegate from it.

   
   
   

   Class.Delegate(<anoymous method, matching the siganture of the handler>);
   
   

   
   


3. 
   

   Your anonymous method looks like this

   
   
   

   (sometext) => {eventhandlemethod(sometext);} 
   
   

   
   

This anonymous method (short lamba) consists of two parts

siganture => body

In Your case the signature gets eh "sometext". Derived from the rest of your code, this seems to be a string. And since eventhandlers always have void as return value, your method, would you have written a normal method, would look like this:

private void (string sometext)

{

}

which is basically, what your eventhandlemethod looks like. You could write this lambda like this as well.

(string sometext) => {eventhandlemethod(sometext);}

This shows you the expected intput type. But you can ommit this usually.

So just as goodie: you could have written

1. 
   

   with a "normal" method, since you already have it

   
   
   

   Class.Event += Class.Delegate(eventhandlemethod);
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   with a lambda

   
   
   

   Class.Event += Class.Delegate(sometext => MessageBox.Show(sometext));
   
   

   
   

if you have multiple input variables, put them in brackets

(string s, int i, bool b) => Console.WriteLine($"{s}:{i}:{b}");

and of course, you can ommit the types as well leaving you:

(s, i, b) => Console.WriteLine($"{s}:{i}:{b}");

I hope i could clarify it a bit for you.