simple typo

[ffishstix]

Type of issue

Typo

Description

in this code snipit:

namespace Example1
{
    class BaseClass
    {
        protected int myValue = 123;
    }

    class DerivedClass : BaseClass
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            var baseObject = new BaseClass();
            var derivedObject = new DerivedClass();

            // Error CS1540, because myValue can only be accessed through
            // the derived class type, not through the base class type.
            // baseObject.myValue = 10;

            // OK, because this class derives from BaseClass.
            derivedObject.myValue = 10;
        }
    }
}

the comments are meant to explain why you couldn't grab the value from the baseObject however that line of code doesn't exist

could quickly add baseObject.myValue = 10;

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/protected

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/protected.md

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Platform Id

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Article author

@BillWagner

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[adegeo]

Hello. I'm not understanding exactly what you mean. baseObject.myValue = 10 is commented out because it won't work. If you add that code back in, it will have the compiler error that's detailed.