Question

I created a small custom class in c# to store the data for a playing card:

public class Card
    {
        public string suit { get; set; }
        public int number { get; set; }
        public string val
        {
            get
            {
                return number+" of "+suit;
            }
        }
    }

If a had a variable of type Card, and just printed card.toString(), it would print the namespace, window name, and class name. Is there a way I can have the value val print out just by referencing card?

Answer 1

Use the override keyword.

public override string ToString()
{
    return number+" of "+suit;
}