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Namespace in C#

Namespaces are used to group methods, classes, and other code into a package for use in many different files.

The .NET framework comes with many (including the popular System.IO), and in order to certain classes within the framework (like File), use of the namespace must be declared.

Syntax

namespace namespaceName {
    ///methods, classes, etc
}

///accessing a namespace member without 'using' it
namespaceName.memberName

///to access members of a namespace without the prefix
using namespaceName;

Notes

Many of the non-default namespaces require the importing of the dll file into the IDE.

Example

using System.IO;

///the Console class is actually a part of the System.IO namespace
Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");

See Also

namespace (C# Reference) - MSDN