C#'s equivalent of #define with a body as in c

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Hello,
I'm just starting out with c# so the question may appear little trivial. But I couldn't find an answer (I wished to look for)
as in c I can create a small macro to e.g. print the name and value of a constant

C++

#define print_it(x) printf("Name: %s, Value: %d", ##x, x)

and if I have a symbol like

C++

#define  CUBE_ARM_WIDTH 5

I'd do it like

C++

print_it(CUBE_ARM_WIDTH);

and I'd get the output as

Name: CUBE_ARM_WIDTH, Value: 5

But how do I do it in c#, where #define is allowed but to give it a value or a function like body is not allowed.
and also suppose I am using a constant value in two different cs files, something like

C++

#define GRID_ARRAY_WIDTH  20

I'll put it in a header file, include it in both files and use the name I #defined freely. But the same can not be done in c# with the same ease.
I know we can use enums. but in that case:

C#

class myShapes
  {
    enum GridParams
    {
      GridArrayWidth  20,
      GridArrayHeight  20
    };
  }

my the name that was already a little long, becomes even longer i.e.

C#

myShapes.GridParams.GridArrayWidth

with #define it was 16 characters long and now it is 34 characters.
I think there should be a better way of doing it, which apparently, I have not come across.
So how do I do these things in C#.
Please don't get me wrong, I admire C# a lot for a simple fact that what I could do in VC++ with some files-full of code can be done in few lines in c# which are simple and very intuitive.
I just want to know if I can use some of the things I learned while using C.

Regards,
gdshukla

Posted 31-Jul-15 2:08am

gdshukla

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F-ES Sitecore · Answer 1 · 2015-07-31T02:18:00

You can use a static function for these things

C#

namespace MyNamespace
{
    public static class MyFunctions
    {
        public string DoSomething (string p)
        {
            return p.ToUpper();
        }
    }
}

then to use

C#

string x = MyNamespace.MyFunctions.DoSomething("hello");

Matt T Heffron · Answer 2 · 2015-07-31T06:53:00

C# does not have any macro preprocessing of this type.
There is nothing like macro #x or a ## b.
Likewise, since there is no substitution process,
#define CUBE_ARM_WIDTH 5
doesn't really make sense.

So, yes, some things are more verbose in C# than in C/C++.
Most of us have found that the benefits outweigh the extra verbosity.

C#'s equivalent of #define with a body as in c

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