Backslash character constants, 47
base keyword
to access a hidden base class member, 272, 277–279
to call a base class constructor, 272–276, 281
BaseAddress property, 799
BigMul( ), 564
BinaryReader class, 365, 380, 381–387
input methods, table of common, 382
BinarySearch( ), 590–592, 598–599, 714, 715, 719, 739
BinaryWriter class, 365, 380–381, 383–387
output methods, table of common, 381
BindingFlags enumeration, 456
Bit-fields, 657
BitArray class, 708, 730–733
methods, table of, 732
BitConverter class, 610–612
methods, table of, 610–612
Bitwise operators, 73–82
Blocks, code, 21, 29–31, 52
as anonymous method, 402–405
and name hiding, 54
bool value type, 36, 42–43
and logical operators, 67, 68
and relational operators, 43, 67
Boolean expression, 26
Boolean structure, 569, 588–589
methods, table of, 589
Bottom property, 833
Boxing and unboxing, 300–302
break statement, 85, 89, 91, 103–105, 107, 151, 771
BufferedStream class, 363
Buffers, fixed-size, 545–546
Button class, 830, 832
ButtonBase class, 830
Byte .NET structure, 392, 393, 569, 570
byte value type, 36, 38
Bytecode, 5, 8