.NET Standard Preprocessor Directives
In rare situations you need to make decisions in code based on which platform it’s targeting, something like this:
#if NET40
Console.WriteLine("Target framework: .NET Framework 4.0");
#elif NET45
Console.WriteLine("Target framework: .NET Framework 4.5");
#else
Console.WriteLine("Target framework: .NET Standard 1.4");
#endif
What I didn’t know is there are already built-in directives. The complete list of preprocessor symbols for .NET target frameworks is:
| Target Frameworks | Symbols |
|---|---|
| .NET Framework | NETFRAMEWORK, NET48, NET472, NET471, NET47, NET462, NET461, NET46, NET452, NET451, NET45, NET40, NET35, NET20 |
| .NET Standard | NETSTANDARD, NETSTANDARD2_1, NETSTANDARD2_0, NETSTANDARD1_6, NETSTANDARD1_5, NETSTANDARD1_4, NETSTANDARD1_3, NETSTANDARD1_2, NETSTANDARD1_1, NETSTANDARD1_0 |
| .NET 5 (and .NET Core) | NET, NET5_0, NETCOREAPP, NETCOREAPP3_1, NETCOREAPP3_0, NETCOREAPP2_2, NETCOREAPP2_1, NETCOREAPP2_0, NETCOREAPP1_1, NETCOREAPP1_0 |
Target frameworks in SDK-style projects - .NET | Microsoft Docs.
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