Question

I am new to C# and am working on classes and understanding them. My problem is I am not understanding how to create a Get to retrieve the private variable _yourname and Set to set the private variable _yourname.

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    class InputClass
    {
        private string _yourName;
        public string _banner;
        public virtual void GetInfo();
        public InputClass(String _banner)
        {
            _banner = "Enter your name";
        }
    }
}

Maybe I am using the wrong function to GetInfo. But I am also wondering when I have the GetInfo if in the () I should write _yourname in it.

Answer 1

In C# there are properties, which have the function of public getter and setter methods in other languages:

    class InputClass
      {
        private string _yourName;
        public string _banner;

        public InputClass(String _banner)
        {
            this._banner = _banner;    
        }

        public string YourName 
        {
             get { return _yourName; }
             set { _yourName = value; }
        }

    }

But you can use auto properties, if you want:

    class InputClass
    {
       public InputClass(String _banner)
        {
            Banner = _banner;    
        }

        public string YourName 
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Banner 
        {
            get; set;
        }

    }