Uhm, if you're not setting a field value in the getter why do you need a setter? What are you setting? Just leave out the setter and that way you have read only property...
+++ Rick ---
>Hi everybody,
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>I checked this page
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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?
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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.