how to avoid the brackets appearing in the generated method statement

Question

I am trying to do an assign statement while trying to generate some c# code using codedom.

Here are the statements I wrote:

inputmethod.Name = "CaptureInput";
inputmethod.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public | MemberAttributes.Final;
inputmethod.Parameters.Add(
    new CodeParameterDeclarationExpression(typeof(string[]), "inputs"));

inputmethod.Statements.Add(
    new CodeBinaryOperatorExpression(
            new CodePropertyReferenceExpression(
                new CodeThisReferenceExpression(), "ColA")
            , CodeBinaryOperatorType.Assign
            , new CodeArrayIndexerExpression(
            new CodeVariableReferenceExpression("inputs"),
            new CodePrimitiveExpression(0))));

When it generates I'm getting a line that goes like:

(this.ColA = input [0]);

Compiler finds fault with above line, CS0201

How to remove the bracket in the generated output?

Answer 1

The brackets are part of the BinaryOperatorExpression. Don't remove them.

Use the CodeAssignStatement instead of the CodeBinaryOperatorExpression.

inputmethod.Statements.Add(new CodeAssignStatement(
    new CodeVariableReferenceExpression("ColA"),
    new CodeArrayIndexerExpression(
        new CodeVariableReferenceExpression("inputs"),
        new CodePrimitiveExpression(0))));