Can the C# using statement be written without the curly braces?

Question

I was browsing a coworkers c# code today and found the following:

    using (MemoryStream data1 = new MemoryStream())
    using (MemoryStream data2 = new MemoryS         


        

Answer 1

Exactly what he said. The code above is exactly the same as writing:

using (MemoryStream data1 = new MemoryStream()) 
{
    using (MemoryStream data2 = new MemoryStream())
    {
        // Lots of code
    }
}

You can omit the curly braces after an if/else/for/while/using/etc statement as long as there is only one command within the statement. Examples:

// Equivalent!
if (x==6) 
    str = "x is 6";

if(x == 6) {
    str = "x is 6";
}

// Equivalent!
for (int x = 0; x < 10; ++x) z.doStuff();

for (int x = 0; x < 10; ++x) {
    z.doStuff();
}

// NOT Equivalent! (The first one ONLY wraps the p = "bob";!)
if (x == 5) 
p = "bob";
z.doStuff();

if (x == 5) {
   p = "bob";
   z.doStuff();
}