C# - Cowsay rewrite.

[-grubby]

I'm rewriting cowsay in C# as a practice exercise, and I have this functioning code: http://pastebin.com/m89f6851. However, in my crusade to be a perfectionist, I've written this code: http://pastebin.com/m2cace2df

This code fails to compile, returning this error:

cowsay.cs(15,9): error CS1002: Expecting `;'
cowsay.cs(16,9): error CS1002: Expecting `;'
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings

I can't quite figure out what's wrong.

EDIT: Solved.

[Zugzwang]

I don't know C#, but I think that it does not make sense to declare a variable that is only visible inside a code block (void Main) to be private. You might need to put the "private string text" outside the main function and replace that line by "text = ....". Same for the next line.

[Habbit]

You are trying to declare local variables as "private". This makes no sense, but I don't know why the compiler is complaining that it was expecting end-of-statement.

[-grubby]

You are trying to declare local variables as "private". This makes no sense, but I don't know why the compiler is complaining that it was expecting end-of-statement.

I got this crazy idea that would declare them as variables only accessible from the current class. Should I use

string this.text = string.Join(" ", args);
int this.length = this.text.Length + 2;

instead?

[Habbit]

First of all, "Main" is a _static_ method. You don't have access to "this" because there is no current instance. It doesn't matter that you put Main in the Cowsay class: if you want a Cowsay object you have to create it. Second, class variables, either instance or static, must be declared at class scope, not within methods of the class.

[-grubby]

First of all, "Main" is a _static_ method. You don't have access to "this" because there is no current instance. It doesn't matter that you put Main in the Cowsay class: if you want a Cowsay object you have to create it. Second, class variables, either instance or static, must be declared at class scope, not within methods of the class.

Yeah, excuse my mistakes, I feel like I'm trying to write Python code in C#. Anyways, can you post some example code for me? I've looked through a lot of tutorials, and they confused me.

[-grubby]

Well, after some program restructuring, I've come up with a new solution: http://pastebin.com/m3ffe098a.

Any critique would be nice, too.