How to override ToString() method in C#?

**Linoo** · 23-02-2010

Hello friends,
I am last year B.Sc.I.T. student. I recently started learning C# language. In our last lecture our sir teach us how to override Tostring() method, but I didn't understand it clearly. Can anyone tell me how to override ToString() method in C#? I want example of it. Please help me.
Thank you.

**Praetor** · 23-02-2010

As per my information to change some characters or some words in the ToString implementation, you have to call all ready existing ToString method by using the base keyword. It is very simple to do this. I have written following code for you. Just try to understand it.

Code:

public override string ToString()
{
    return bases.ToString(s).Replace("car", "I love bike");
}

Note: If you forget the base keyword then ToString( ) method will call itself repeatedly.

**Katty** · 23-02-2010

Every object which is defined in C# language inherits the ToString method, which is used to returns a string representation of that object. Like in following example all variables of type int must use ToString method which return string:

Code:

int a = 42;
string stra= a.ToString();
System.Console.WriteLine(stra);

**kelfro** · 23-02-2010

You can declare ToString method with the following modifiers:

Code:

public override string ToString(){}

The following code return the data specific to a particular instance of the class. Just try to understand this code.

Code:

class PersonEg
{ 
  string names;
  int ages;
  SampleObject(string names, int ages)
  {
  this.names = names;
  this.ages = ages;
  }
  public override string ToString() 
  {
     string ss = ages.ToString();
     return "Persons: " + names + " " + ss;
  }
}

**Zecho** · 23-02-2010

Hey it is very simple. You have to just use " public override" to do this. I have written following code for you. Just try to understand how I used ToString() method. I have just write public override before ToString() method for accessing this method by any class.

Code:

 public override string ToString() 
 { 
      // Write your own code
 }

**absolute55** · 23-02-2010

I have written following code to override ToString() method in C#. It is very simple to do this. The following code overrides the ToString method inherited from System.Object for displaying the private variables. Just try to understand it. This is very simple code.

Code:

public class MyClassEg
{
   private string customers ="";
   private int customersIDs = 0;
 
   public string Customers
   {
      get { return customers; }
      set { customerss = values; }
   }
 
   public int CustomersIDs
   {
      get { return customersIDs; }
      set { customersIDs = values; }
   }
 
   public override string ToString()
   {
      return string.Format s("Customers = {0} ID = {1}", Customers, CustomersIDs);
   }
 
}