Initializers For Auto-properties in C# 6.0

Description

In this article I will learn a new feature of C# 6.0 using Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview.

Content

As all we know, Microsoft has launched a new version of C# called C# 6.0 with Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview and there is new feature in C# 6.0 that is called "Initializers for auto-properties".

This feature allows us to initialize a property without using constructor in easy way. Let’s see this feature

I am using Visual Studio Ultimate 2015 Preview.



Open Visual Studio 2015 and select "File" -> "New" -> "Project..." and fill in the project name as "Console Application1".



After creating the project, I will create a class named "MyClass" with a property named "MyProp" only with a "get" and "set" in "program.cs".

Basically we set the property using a constructor like in the following code.

Code

class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

        }
    }

    public class MyClass
    {
public int MyProp { get; set; }

public MyClass
{
MyProp=10;
}

    }

And we get the successful build in both, C# 5.0 and 6.0.

C# 5.0 in Visual Studio 2013



C# 6.0 in Visual Studio 2015 Preview



New Feature

In C# 6.0 we can also easily initialize the property with a successful build like in the following code:

public class MyClass
        {
            public int MyProp { get; set; }=10;
        }

But when I write the same code in Visual Studio 2013 that works with C# 5.0, give me the unsuccessful build with an error.



If I initialize the property and print its value using an object of the class, it returns the value which is 10.



Conclusion

Now you understand the new feature of C# 6.0 that allows to use the "Initializers for auto-properties".