Question

Quick silly question: is it possible to hide a variable name used by a property in VB.NET?

I am primarily a C# programmer, and am currently helping out a friend with some VB.NET stuff. Anyway, I have a String called stateprovincename, and a Property called StateProvinceName. VS does not appear to like this naming convention, and declares that they are in fact one and the same. Ideas?

Answer 1

VB.Net is case-insensitve.

• Try something like _stateProvinceName or mStateProvinceName (discussion of naming conventions here).
• Or use an automatic property, which will implicitly declare a hidden backing variable, but you won’t be able to write custom code in the Get and Set. Public Property StateProvinceName As String