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If you're mainly concerned about the compilation error, it has nothing to do with generics. When I ran your code and fixed the problem, it was that you called the non-static Print method from a static context. I fixed by making Print static. The following code will run fine. I tested with the input: Hello 1 3.4 Here's the fixed code: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; namespace SoloLearn { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string text = Console.ReadLine(); int intNum = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine()); double doubNum = Convert.ToDouble(Console.ReadLine()); Printer.Print(text); Printer.Print(intNum); Printer.Print(doubNum); } class Printer { public static void Print <T>( T x) { Console.WriteLine(x); } } } } Generics are basically code templates. The generic types are symbols to be filled in. For example, calling this with an int parameter causes the following: public static void Print <T>( T x) { Console.WriteLine(x); } to work like: public static void Print(int x) { Console.WriteLine(x); } If you called Print with a string, just replace T with string and you see how that'll work. For more detail, check: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/generics/
17th Jan 2021, 8:32 AM
Josh Greig
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