New and not sure what wrong here

Question

I get this error when i compile...andy help would be appericated.
'GamePlayers.GameAndPlayers.Game' does not contain a definition for 'ReferenceEqualsnumberPlayers'
using System;
namespace GamePlayers
{
public class GameAndPlayers
{
public static void Main()
{
string enteredGame;
string enteredPlayers;
Game aGame = new Game();
Console.Write("Enter name of the game ");
enteredGame = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Enter the number of players for the game ");
enteredPlayers = Console.ReadLine();
numberPlayers = Convert.ToInt32(enteredPlayers);
Console.WriteLine("The total number of players for the game {0} is {1}",
aGame.GetGameName(),aGame.GetNumPlayers());
}
public class Game
{
public int numberPlayers;
public string gameName;
public int GetNumPlayers()
{
return numberPlayers;
}
public string GetGameName()
{
return gameName;
}
public void SetNumPlayers( int num)
{
numberPlayers = num;
}
public void SetGameName( string name)
{
gameName = name;
}
}
}
}

Scott Lysle · Answer

Herbie:
You did not declare the private member variable and you had a semi-colon after the property declaration, here is a revision:
public class time
{
// private member variable
private int mTimeLimit;
// public property declaration (note name is different with 'm' removed)
public int TimeLimit
{
get
{
return mTimeLimit;
}
set
{
mTimeLimit = value ;
}
}
}

herbie · Answer

Ok following what you have above why cant I add the child class time limit in the same way?
using System;
namespace GamePlayers
{
public class GameAndPlayers
{
public static void Main()
{
Game aGame = new Game();
Console.Write("Enter name of the game: ");
aGame.GameName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Enter the number of players for the game: ");
aGame.NumPlayers = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.Write("Enter the time limit: ");
aTime.TimeLimit = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("The total number of players for the game {0} is {1}.",
aGame.GameName, aGame.NumPlayers);
}
public class Game
{
private int mNumPlayers;
private string mGameName;
public int NumPlayers
{
get
{
return mNumPlayers;
}
set
{
mNumPlayers = value ;
}
}
public string GameName
{
get
{
return mGameName;
}
set
{
mGameName = value ;
}
}
public class time
{
public int mTimeLimit;
{
get
{
return mTimeLimit;
}
set
{
mTimeLimit = value ;
}
}
}

herbie · Answer

Thanks for the pointers

Scott Lysle · Answer

Herbie:
You are not assigning the values to the 'game' object; you are assigning them to two variables (a string and an int); since the values are never assigned to the object, when you try to reference them, they do not exist and you get the error.
You have also, in the Game class, created to public variables with public accessor methods that are not properties; typically one would create two private member variables and then create two public properties to provide read and/or write access to the private member variables.  If you declare the member variables a public, there is not much of a need to provide a public accessor method to a public variable.
Here is a quick example of a simple rewrite:
using System;
using System.Text;
namespace herbie
{
public class Program
{
static void Main( string [] args)
{
Game aGame = new Game ();
Console .WriteLine( "Enter name of the game: " );
aGame.GameName = Console .ReadLine();
Console .Write( "
Enter the number of players for the game: 
" );
aGame.NumPlayers = Convert .ToInt32( Console .ReadLine());
Console .WriteLine( "
The total number of players for the game {0} is {1}." ,
aGame.GameName, aGame.NumPlayers);
Console .WriteLine( "

Press any key to continue" );
Console .ReadLine();
}
}
public class Game
{
private int mNumPlayers;
private string mGameName;
public int NumPlayers
{
get
{
return mNumPlayers;
}
set
{
mNumPlayers = value ;
}
}
public string GameName
{
get
{
return mGameName;
}
set
{
mGameName = value ;
}
}
}
}