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C# C# Objects Encapsulation with Properties Properties

Posted by hankamamut
hankamamut
3,177 Points

where the value comes from?

Missing a piece in the code - Where the 'value' would come from?
Thanks.

Frog.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Frog
    {
        private int _numFliesEaten;




        public  int NumFliesEaten 
        {
            set
            {
               _numFliesEaten = value;
            }
            get
            {
               return value;
            }
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

In property setters "value" is a special variable that c# creates for you automatically. It is set to whatever value is currently being passed to the setter, so you don't have to worry about defining it yourself.

This is not the case in the getter though, but the getter is meant to return the variable that the setter sets, so it should not return value, but _numFliesEaten like this:

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Frog
    {
        private int _numFliesEaten;

        public  int NumFliesEaten 
        {
            set
            {
               _numFliesEaten = value;
            }
            get
            {
               return _numFliesEaten;
            }
        }
    }
}
hankamamut
hankamamut
3,177 Points
hankamamut
hankamamut
3,177 Points

Thanks!