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C# C# Objects Encapsulation with Properties Property Initial Values

Posted by Landon Booth
Landon Booth
23,395 Points

Without defining a constructor, set the starting value of the StartAt property to 10????

The previous video shows us how to set the startat property of health. This question asks us to set the value for I assume, a countdown. So what am I supposed to do here?

CountDown.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class CountDown
    {
        public int StartAt { get; private set; }
    }
}

1 Answer

Kjetil Lorentzen
Kjetil Lorentzen
13,360 Points
Kjetil Lorentzen
Kjetil Lorentzen
13,360 Points

You can initialize StartAt by setting it equal to 10: public int StartAt {get; set private;} = 10

This will set the value to 10 at initialization, but it may be changed later by the private set.

Landon Booth
Landon Booth
23,395 Points

I believe I understand. That is actually really simple :p. but why am I receiving a compiling error when I try to initialize it?

Landon Booth
Landon Booth
23,395 Points

Never mind, I figured out the problem. The private was unnecessary and a semicolon follows the 10. It always seems to be the little things that throw me off in coding. Thank you, Kjetil for your assistance! I really need to think about these better and be more observant. The correct code should be:

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class CountDown
    {
        public int StartAt { get; set; }=10;
    }
}