8.9. The Member Access (Dot) Operator

The member access (dot) operator (“.”) is used frequently to access a field or to call a method on an object.

object a = new object();
a.ToString();

The dot operator is also used to form qualified names: names that specify the namespace or interface (for example) to which they belong.

System.Console.WriteLine("hello"); // class Console in namespace System

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