Trim property in get method

Question

At the moment I am doing something like:

public virtual String zipcodeRaw { get; set; } public virtual String zipcode { get { return zipcodeRaw.Trim(); } } 

Is there a way to do something like:

 public virtual String zipcode { get { return zipcode.Trim(); } } 

Answer 1

This will give you an endless loop as zipcode refers to itself. However, properties are simply public accessors and modifiers for a private variable. You could do:

 private string _zipcode; public virtual string zipcode { get { return _zipcode.Trim(); } }