Summary  
Delegates are types that represent references to methods with a specific signature, allowing methods to be passed as parameters, stored in variables, and invoked dynamically. They also support combining multiple method references into a single delegate instance and returning the last method’s result when invoked.  

General domain of usage  
Event handling

According to some definitions of **signature**, a method's return type is not considered part of its **signature**. For example, in the context of **method overloading**, the return type is not included when referring to a method's signature.

However, in the context of **delegates**, the term **signature** refers to both the **return type** and the **parameter list** of a method.

Note

### Important Points:
- Delegates are types that can reference methods of a certain kind of signature;
- Delegates allow us to pass methods as arguments;
- The syntax of a creating a new **delegate type** is as follows: `delegate <return type> <type name> (parameter1, parameter2, …);`;
- We can create a variable using a delegate type and assign it a method reference using the following syntax: `DelegateTypeName variableName = methodName;`;
- More methods can be added to a **delegate instance** using the `+=` operator;
- Methods can be removed from a **delegate instance** using the `-+` operator;
- In case there are multiple methods in a delegate instance that return a value, **the value of the last executed method is returned**;


Which of the following is a correct syntax to declare a delegate named "MyDelegate" that takes an integer parameter and returns void?

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Delegates

Important Points:

1. What is a delegate in C#?

2. Which of the following is a correct syntax to declare a delegate named "MyDelegate" that takes an integer parameter and returns void?

Delegates

Important Points: