IS BOTH THIS EXPRESSION IS SAME

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hi friends.
i want to know that declaring global variable in this fashion is same or not..

1.

C#

 private static string ab;
public static string abc
{
    get { return ab; }
    set { ab = value; }
}

2.

C#

public static string abc;

Posted 26-Jul-11 22:43pm

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Updated 26-Jul-11 22:47pm

walterhevedeich

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Manas Bhardwaj · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-26T22:46:00

Solution 1

Yes! In between, you might want to read this article about public variables vs properties.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/08/properties-vs-public-variables.html[^]

Posted 26-Jul-11 22:46pm

Manas Bhardwaj

Shameel · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-26T22:47:00

To an external client that uses your code, it may not make much difference. But encapsulating your variables in a Property enables you to validate its value. For example, if there is an Age field, you can restrict its values betweeen 1 and 120 or so. Using public variables will not allow you to validate its values.

Here's an example:

C#

int _age = 0;
public int Age { 
    get { 
        return _age; 
    }
    set {
        if (_age < 0 || _age > 120) { 
            throw new ArgumentException("Valid values for Age is between 0 and 120."); 
        } 
        _age = value; 
    }
}