Compiler Error CS1918
Members of property 'name' of type 'type' cannot be assigned with an object initializer because it is of a value type.
This error occurs when you try to use an object initializer to initialize the properties of a struct type that is itself a property of the class that is being initialized.
To correct this error
- If you must fully initialize the fields of the property in the object initializer, change the struct to a class type. Otherwise, initialize the struct members in a separate method call after you create the object by using the object initializer.
Example
The following example generates CS1918:
// cs1918.cs
public struct MyStruct
{
public int i;
}
public class Test
{
private MyStruct str = new MyStruct();
public MyStruct Str
{
get
{
return str;
}
}
public static int Main()
{
Test t = new Test { Str = { i = 1 } }; // CS1918
return 0;
}
}