C# return Socket object

Question

updated code:

public static Socket socketConnect()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                Socket sck = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
                Console.WriteLine(sck.Connected.ToString());
                IPEndPoint connectAddress = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1"), 8000); // Server IP & PORT 
                sck.Connect(connectAddress);
                Console.WriteLine(sck.Connected.ToString());
                if (sck.Connected == true)
                {
                    return sck
                }


            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000); // Sleep time before reconnect
            }


        }

how can i use sck outside this method?

for example i want to check in main if sck.Connected is true or false

yes i'm new in c# ..

now im having new problem everytime i want to send or recv i write socketConnect().send or recv and then the program execute the socketConnect() method again but i only want to use sck to send and recv what im doing wrong?

Answer 1

Declare your method to return Socket

public static Socket socketConnect()

and instead break

return sck;

Your sck object is on the heap so it will be still accessable after returning it.