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How do you give a C# Auto-Property a default value?
Is there any nice way to provide a default value for an automatic property?
public int HowHigh { get; set; } // defaults to 0
If not explicitly set anywhere, I want it to be 5. Do you know a simple way for it? E.g. I could set it in constructor or something, but that’s not elegant.
UPDATE: C# 6 has got it: http://geekswithblogs.net/WinAZ/archive/2015/06/30/whatrsquos-new-in-c-6.0-auto-property-initializers.aspx
If the default value for the type is not sufficient, then the only way to do it is via a constructor.