#963 – Use Braces to Enclose a Block of Statements

A block of statements in C# is a series of individual statements enclosed by a set of curly braces ({, }).  You can typically include a block of statements wherever a single statement is expected.

            // Single statement follows if
            if (DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
                Console.WriteLine("Getting to work");

            // Block of statements follows if
            if (DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Saturday)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Making pancakes");
                Console.WriteLine("Washing my socks");
                Console.WriteLine("Mowing the lawn");
            }

Although far less common, you can also include a block of statements to arbitrarily group a set of statements within a longer sequence of statements.

            Console.WriteLine("Reading Edith Wharton");

            {
                Console.WriteLine("Eating lunch");
                Console.WriteLine("Washing my hands");
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Studying Byzantium");