Question

public class ElapsedTime
{
    public int hours;
    public int minutes;
    public void ElapsedTime(int h, int m)
    {
        hours = h;
        minutes = m;
    }
}

from another event i am doing this:

    ElapsedTime BeginningTime = new ElapsedTime();

how would i initialize the h and m?

when i try to do this: BeginningTime.ElapsedTime(7, 7);

it gives me this error:

Error 1 ‘ElapsedTime’: member names
cannot be the same as their enclosing
type

all i want is a class with a constructor that accepts initializing values. and i want to be able to call it.

UPDATE:

now i have :

 public class ElapsedTime
        {
            private int hours;
            private int minutes;
            public ElapsedTime(int h, int m)
            {
                hours = h;
                minutes = m;
            }
        }

its giving me that same erorr on public ElapsedTime(int h, int m)

Answer 1

The constructor of a class needs to be of the same name of the class itself. Now, the parameters h and m make it a parameterized constructor. In order to initialize a instance of this class, you will need to specify values to those.

ElapsedTime beginningTime = new ElapsedTime(7, 7);

Calling the constructor through a variable is not doable:

ElapsedTime beginningTime;
beginningTime.ElapsedTime(7, 7); // This will cause an error, as your constructor isn't a method...

In inroder to be a class initializer, the constructor has no return type (neither void).

Of course, if you want a property which gives you the values under a certain format, you will need to expose a property which will provide you with the values you instantiated your instance:

public class ElapsedTime {
    public ElapsedTime(int h, int m) {
        Hours = h;
        Minutes = m;
    }

    public int Hours { get; private set; }
    public int Minutes { get; private set; }
    public string ElapsedTime {
        get {
            return string.Format("{0}:{1}", Hours, Minutes);
        }
    }
}

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