Question

I want to combine a few string properties into a single string to make sorting and display easier. I was wondering if there was a way to do this without having to iterate through the collection or list of the class. Something like FullName in the below Person class.

public class Person
{
    public string Last {get;set;}
    public string First {get;set;}

    public string FullName = Last + ", " + First {get;}
}

Answer 1

Update your class like so:

public class Person
{
    public string Last { get; set; }
    public string First { get; set; }

    public string FullName 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return string.Format("{0}, {1}", First, Last); 
        } 
    }
}

Additional to your question, I would also recommend implementing an override of the ToString() method (your question mentions making display easier) as most UI technologies will use this as a default way of displaying an object.

public override string ToString()
{
    return FullName;
}