Override .ToString method c#

Question

Okay, so I wrote this program out of the exercise of a C# programming book (I\'m trying to learn here) and it asks for \"Override the ToString() method to return all

Answer 1

The reason people override the ToString() method is to have a default string representation of your object, usually for display to the user or in a log or console, like this:

Console.WriteLine(yourClassObject);

If you do not override the ToString(), then its default implementation is to return the fully qualified name of your object, like this:

YourNamespace.YourClassName

By changing the inherited implementation (from System.Object), then you can make a nicer (read: prettier) representation, like this:

public override string ToString()
{
    return String.Format("This instance of my object has the following: Name = {0}, Number = {1}, Date = {2}, Salary = ${3}", _name, _number, _date, _salary);
}