Make Explicit

• Jun 07, 2019

Converts the implicitly-typed local variable to a variable with an explicit type.

Availability

Available from the context menu or via shortcuts:

• when the caret is on an implicit variable declaration (the variable doesn’t have a type explicitly declared, and it is initialized to a value of an integral type).

Note

This refactoring is only available in .NET Framework 3.0 or higher (C# or VB).

Notes

• This refactoring is the functional opposite of Make Implicit.

Example

C#

│var a = "Hello World";

VB.NET

│Dim a = "Hello World"

Result:

C#

string a = "Hello World";

VB.NET

Dim a As String = "Hello World"

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