What keyword is used in the derived class to call the constructor of the ancestor class?

This keyword is base

An example of calling the base constructor:

 public class BaseClass { int num; public BaseClass() { Console.WriteLine("in BaseClass()"); } public BaseClass(int i) { num = i; Console.WriteLine("in BaseClass(int i)"); } public int GetNum() { return num; } } public class DerivedClass : BaseClass { // This constructor will call BaseClass.BaseClass() public DerivedClass() : base() { } // This constructor will call BaseClass.BaseClass(int i) public DerivedClass(int i) : base(i) { } static void Main() { DerivedClass md = new DerivedClass(); DerivedClass md1 = new DerivedClass(1); } } /* Output: in BaseClass() in BaseClass(int i) */