Class inside class - Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected-CodePudding

As far as I know C# allows you to create classes inside other classes. Why am I getting this error and how it can be fixed? Error: Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected

using System;
                    
public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        class Person {          
            public string Name{ get; set; }
        };
        
        Person person = new Person();
    }
}

CodePudding user response：

A class can be defined in another class, but not inside a method.

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Person person = new Person();
    }

    class Person
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
    };
}

CodePudding user response：

You can create a class within some other class. Method cannot contain a class declaration. However you can access other class within a method. You can correct your code as follows;

using System;
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        //Accessing Person Class in Main Method
        Person person = new Person();
    }

    //Class Person within class Program
    class Person
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
    };
}

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