meaning of typing {set; get;} on a value - C#

Question

i'm learning C# and i can't understand what is the difference:

a) public int value { get; set; }

b) public int value

i think it have more sense

public int value { get {return "data:"+somevalue;}}

See [See here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5096926/what-is-the-get-set-syntax-in-c). That can help you. Because it's a same question. — Md. Tazimul Islam Raj, Sep 25 '21 at 06:13
Your "I think it have more sense" code actually makes no sense: you said the property is `int` and then you return a string - it's not possible — Caius Jard, Sep 25 '21 at 06:23
Public members of a class should use PascalCase, not camelCase. Typically we do not make fields public; if you want to expose data publicly, use properties but also bear in mind that properties should not return arrays. — Caius Jard, Sep 25 '21 at 06:24

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '21 at 06:18

One is property and another is a field. Equivalent of property in Java is get, set method. So, in nutshell, "public int value" create a field/attribute in your class. Whereas "public int value { get; set; }" will create a private field/attribute and two public methods to get(read) and set(write) that field/attribute in class. So, it gives safer way to access your field/attribute.

meaning of typing {set; get;} on a value - C#

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