>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>I checked this page
>>>
>>>http://www.dotnetperls.com/property
>>>
>>>and I am wondering if there is a way to use get for the public property without using private property and set?
>>>
>>>E.g. I have
>>>
>>>public string UserCode {get; set;}
>>>
>>>and I want to be able to have
>>>
>>>{get {if value == null return "" else return value.trim();} set;}
>>>
>>>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?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>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?

What other thread ?