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Properties (get and set) in structure in C#

In this example, we are going to learn how to define set and get properties within a C# structure? Here, we have an example that have set and get properties within the structure.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on January 16, 2018

In C#, we can define set and get properties in any structure and they can be accessed through object of that structure.

Generally, to set a value to private data member of a structure, we use public method with the arguments, but using set property we can directly assign value to that data member.

For example: there is a data member named roll_number, for this we create a set property named ‘Roll’, then by using object name we can directly assign value to the roll_number like: S1.Roll = 101; Where, S1 is the object of structure.

Same functionality with the get property, to define it we give a name of the properly and returns the value of private data member. Consider the given example.

Example:

using System;
using System.Collections;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    struct Student
    {
        private int roll_number;
        private string name;

        public int Roll
        {
            get
            {
                return roll_number;
            }
            set
            {
                roll_number = value;
            }
        }

        public string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return name;
            }
            set
            {
                name = value;
            }
        }
    }
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Student S1 = new Student();

            S1.Roll = 101;
            S1.Name = "Shaurya Pratap Singh";

            Console.WriteLine("Roll NO: " + S1.Roll + "\nName: " + S1.Name);
           
        }
    }
}

Output

Roll NO: 101
Name: Shaurya Pratap Singh