To assign a value to a field that is in the same class, type the field name with this. at the beginning of it and use the = operator followed by a value. Using the term 'equals' when assigning fields is incorrect. The term 'equals' is rarely ever used in C#. For something to be 'equal' to something else would need to use the == (the same as) operator which will be addressed in other articles.
Assigning values to fields only works if the value type is the same as the defined value type. In the case above, the value type of this.Age is an int..
...so that works. However, if I were to try and assign the Age field to a number with a decimal point in it, an error would occur saying that the value type isn't correct.
You can also assign fields in other classes by using the dot operator to access a particular field. In the example below, the lines of code are assigning values to the ComoZoo's TicketBooth's Attendant's Name and Number by using the dot operator.
