>>Hi everybody,
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>>I checked this page
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>>http://www.dotnetperls.com/property
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>>and I am wondering if there is a way to use get for the public property without using private property and set?
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>>E.g. I have
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>>public string UserCode {get; set;}
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>>and I want to be able to have
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>>{get {if value == null return "" else return value.trim();} set;}
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>>However, this is not working and value is shown up as undefined. So, I understand how to use an extra private property but wondering if there is some shorter syntax here I can use?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>You code doesn't make sense unless 'value' is a private field - and since you have no setter I assume it is not.

How when would it have worked in that other thread we had? Or should there been also a private field?