Styjun

As the title says, I would like to set the maximum value of the skill, stam and luck integers to the value of the related *Max integers. The *Max int values are set randomly during the start up of the program and the regular values are changed throughout the running of the program. There may be a few instances where the *Max value gets increased or decreased during play.

public static int skillMax = 0;
public static int stamMax = 0;
public static int luckMax = 0;
public static int skill = skillMax;
public static int stam = stamMax;
public static int luck = luckMax;

As my knowledge of C# is still in its infancy, I have not tried much. However I have searched far and wide on the internet however and not been able to find anything except for the MinValue and MaxValue fields and this piece of code with no explanation:

protected int m_cans;

public int Cans

 get return m_cans; 
 set 
 m_cans = Math.Min(value, 10);
 

Thanks in advance for any advice you throw my way!

Explanation for the code: Cans is a property. Properties provide controlled access to class or struct fields (variables). They consist of two methods called get to return a value and set to assign the value. A property can also have only a getter or only a setter.

The property Cans stores its value in a so called backing field. Here m_cans. The setter gets the new value through the keyword value.

Math.Min(value, 10) returns the minimum of the two parameters. I.e., for example, if value is 8, then 8 is assigned to m_cans. If value is 12, then 10 is assigned to m_cans.

You can use this property like this

var obj = new MyCalss(); // Replace by your real class or struct name.
obj.Cans = 20; // Calls the setter with `value` = 20.
int x = obj.Cans; // Calls the getter and returns 10;

Properties help to implement the principle of Information hiding.

You can easily adapt this example your variables. Often class level variables (fields) are prepended with _ to differentiate them from local variables, i.e. variables declared in methods. Properties are written in PascalCase.

private static int _skillMax; // Fields are automatically initialized to the default
 // value of their type. For `int` this is `0`.
public static int SkillMax

 get return _skillMax; 
 set 
 _skillMax = value;
 _skill = _skillMax; // Automatically initializes the initial value of Skill.
 // At program start up you only need to set `SkillMax`.
 


private static int _skill;
public static int Skill

 get return _skill; 
 set _skill = Math.Min(value, _skillMax); 

Create methods to update values

private static void UpdateSkill(int newValue)

 skill = newValue;
 skillMax = newValue > skillMax ? newValue : skillMax;