accessing public static member of one class in another class

[KRISHNARAYALU]

Hi, i need to access public static member of one class into another class. please provide the help. Learning c#. Ex: class ABC { static int nEllipsecount = 0; // in some function increment nEllipseCount; }; // class xyz in another file class ABC; class xyz { if(ABC :: nEllipseCount >0) { //Process these statements; } }; i couldn't be able access static value into to another class. is my approach wrong ? Please help me to resolve. Thanks & Regards, Royal

[Matt T Heffron]

First, as you've shown it, nEllipsecount is NOT public. In c# the default is private. So, what you seem to want is:

class ABC
{
public static int nEllipsecount = 0; // made it public
// in some function increment nEllipseCount;

}

// class xyz in another file

class xyz
{

// below presumably in a method...
if (ABC.nEllipseCount >0) // syntax for reference to class static
{
//Process these statements;

}

}

If it isn't made public then you can't see it from xyz at all. (Unless it is protected and you inherit from ABC.)

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

Your code is hinting that you're working with C++ and not C#. Is this true??

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[Lost User]

Even in C++, which this is, you should not do that.

[KRISHNARAYALU]

Thanks alot Matt,

public static int nEllipsecount = 0; // made it public

In the above statement I'm declaring the static member in public only, kindly tell me any other way i can declare as public. Thanks & Regards, Royal

[Pete OHanlon]

You can't declare a public member/method/class etc, with anything other than the public keyword. C# requires explicit scope declaration if you're trying to do anything other than declare something as private, which is the default scope. What are you trying to achieve because using a public static is generally not a good idea?