Why does this code throw StackOverFlow Exception?

Question

I was learning about getters and setters in C# and came across this code. I understand what's wrong here with the c# context. It has no compile-time errors but throws runtime exception. Can anybody explain what causes the call stack overflow?

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Test test = new Test();
        Console.WriteLine(test.Company);
    }
}

class Test
{
    public string Company
    {
        get
        {
            return Company;
        }
        set
        {
            Company = value;
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

That's because you call your property in your getter. You can do two things: add a field/member to you class:

class Test
{
    private string company;   
    public string Company
    {
        get
        {
            return company;
        }
        set
        {
            company = value;
        }
    }
}

Or change it to

public string Company{get; set;}