C#•10mo ago

Properties referencing their class

Given the following class example:

 csharp
class Node
{
    public Node LeftNode { get; set; }
    public Node RightNode { get; set; }
    public int Data { get; set; }
}

 csharp
class Node
{
    public Node LeftNode { get; set; }
    public Node RightNode { get; set; }
    public int Data { get; set; }
}

 csharp
class Node
{
    public Node LeftNode { get; set; }
    public Node RightNode { get; set; }
    public int Data { get; set; }
}

 csharp
class Node
{
    public Node LeftNode { get; set; }
    public Node RightNode { get; set; }
    public int Data { get; set; }
}

How do the Node properties work here? Do they create new instances of the class?

Salman•3/1/25, 10:03 PM

yes

Salman•3/1/25, 10:03 PM

ofc

Salman•3/1/25, 10:04 PM

var root = new Node(0);
root.Left = new Node(1);
root.Right = new Noe(2);
root.Left.Left = new Node(3);

var root = new Node(0);
root.Left = new Node(1);
root.Right = new Noe(2);
root.Left.Left = new Node(3);

sibber•3/2/25, 12:58 AM

theyre initialized to whatever 0 means for the type

sibber•3/2/25, 12:58 AM

which is

null

null

for reference types and 00 for ints

Jimmacle•3/2/25, 1:24 AM

(also the equivalent of 0 for any struct, including numbers)