How to get a property value from a nested class?

Question

Hello i have problem with get nested class property value. I want

class Car
{

  string name;
  string model;

  class Engine
  {
    public string engineNumber;

    public Engine(string engineNumber)
    {
      this.engineNumber = engineNumber;
    }

  }

  public Car(string name, string model, string engineNumber)
  {

    this.name = name;
    this.model = model;
    Engine e1 = new engine(engineNumber)
  }

}

In this code I try write Console.Write(c1.e1.engineNumber);in Main class. It is possible get engineNumber value?

Answer 1

Many ways to accomplish it, here is mine :), the trick is to differentiate class declaration from class implementation.

using System;

public class Program
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    var c = new Car("Name", "Model", "Engine");
    Console.WriteLine(c.engine.engineNumber);
  }

  class Car
  {
    string name;
    string model;
    public Engine engine;

    public Car(string name, string model, string engineNumber)
    {
      this.name = name;
      this.model = model;
      this.engine = new Engine(engineNumber);
    }
  }

  class Engine
  {
    public string engineNumber;
    public Engine(string engineNumber)
    {
      this.engineNumber = engineNumber;
    }
  } 
}

You can see it running here: https://dotnetfiddle.net/66lGn6