Program '...\Shakespeare.exe' does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point.
using System;
public class Shakespeare
{
public static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine("Though this be maddness");
Console.WriteLine("yet there is method in it");
Console.WriteLine("-William Shakespeare");
}
}
I want to study C#, but I get an error from the compiler saying that I don't have a static Main method, when its right in front of my face. I'm using Visual Studio 2008. Anything I might be doing wrong?
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Seeing the using System; line there, I take it that this is your whole code, right? No Namespace?
Try something like this: using System;
namespace Program1
{
public class Shakespeare
{
public static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine("Though this be maddness");
Console.WriteLine("yet there is method in it");
Console.WriteLine("-William Shakespeare");
}
}
}
Mainly, just putting everything you had so far, inside a namespace scope.
Did you write this by hand by the way? Since using the new project option in VS it should've set that for you.
I hope that that's the issue, and not me missing something for misinterpreting =)
Nope. Still not working, and it's giving the same error.
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T_T Maybe I should just go back to learning C++ then. The only thing I can imagine doing with C# is using XNA, unless somebody else wants to take a crack at my error.
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I created a new Windows console project; commented out the generated code; and copy and pasted your code. Built without debugger (Ctrl+f5 for me).
Worked fine.
Just a few ideas...
1. Try creating a new project and copy/paste your code into it. Maybe a setting got messed up.
2. Rebuild the whole solution. Weird things happen to me and this fixes it sometimes (from menu, Build ->Rebuild Solution and the shortcut is set to Ctrl+Alt+F7 on mine)
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Iunno, I wouldn't do that if I were you.
It seems that you're very new to programming in general, right?
C# is really easier to get into and learn than C++ is, and XNA is far superior in learnability to newcomers than the competing alternatives for C++(SDL and SFML topping the mind), not to even mention how much simpler .NET is for C# than C++.
C# is very much superior for beginners, and I wouldn't turn down on it for just one compiling error that I'm sure someone will help you fix very soon anyway. Take in mind that programming requires patience after all =P
T_T Maybe I should just go back to learning C++ then. The only thing I can imagine doing with C# is using XNA, unless somebody else wants to take a crack at my error.
Compiler errors should never be a reason to switch languages.
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T_T Maybe I should just go back to learning C++ then. The only thing I can imagine doing with C# is using XNA, unless somebody else wants to take a crack at my error.
Compiler errors should never be a reason to switch languages.
Nah. His program is less basic than mine. I don't have a GUI, and when I went into the options to see if I could change the Startup object, there were no options on the drop down menu.
And im totally kidding when I say I'm gonna give up for 1 stupid error. XD
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