{"id":4429,"date":"2024-03-14T01:28:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-overriding-properties-in-c\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:47:38","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-overriding-properties-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-overriding-properties-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Override Properties in C#"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To override a method in C#, you can use the override keyword to override a property in the base class. For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">BaseClass<\/span>\r\n{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">virtual<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> Number { <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">get<\/span>; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span>; }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">DerivedClass<\/span> : <span class=\"hljs-title\">BaseClass<\/span>\r\n{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> _number;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">override<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> Number\r\n    {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">get<\/span> { <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> _number; }\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> { _number = <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">value<\/span>; }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, DerivedClass has overridden the property Number in BaseClass. 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