How to pass parameters to Main() C# in visual studio for mac

Question

I\'ve looked at the different resources for other editions of visual studio but it\'s not clear to me how to call Main with an arg here

using System;

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Answer 1

I know this is an old post, but I think that it would be good to provide an answer for those looking to use the terminal.

When installing Visual Studio:Community Edition on MacOS you are given a suite of tools. Including csc and mono.

So to run a C# console program like the one below you will need to use both tools:

using System;

namespace helloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string name = args[0];
            Console.WriteLine("Hello {0}", name);
        }
    }
}

Then compile the C# project by running csc:

$ csc Program.cs

If there are no errors csc will then create an executable file .exe, use mono to run the executable and pass the arguments:

$ mono Program.exe Bob
Hello Bob

With these two tools you can compile, and execute the C# program.