Cannot modify the return value because it is not a variable

c#, oop

Solution

You need to set the `Home` property directly, usually best to create a new `Point` object...

robot2.Home = new System.Drawing.Point(1, 5);//x, y

Also, in order to allow that you need to apply a `set` accessor to your `Home` property...

public Point Home
{
    get { return mHome; }
    set { mHome = value; }
}

If you want to find out some more information of why the compiler won't let you assignthe value directly to the `X` property, then check a few of the answers over here

Problem

I have a class called `BaseRobot`: ``` var robot2 = new BaseRobot(0, 0, 0); private Point mHome; public Point Home { get { return mHome; } } ``` That is where the original home is created, I am wanting to create a new home in the `program.cs`. I have the following code but it does not work, it is coming up with an error saying Cannot modify the return value becasue it is not a variable. Code: ``` robot2.Home.X = 1 robot2.Home.Y = 5; { Console.WriteLine("===New robot at specified home position==="); StringBuilder ab = new StringBuilder(); ab.AppendFormat("Robot#2 has home at <{0},{0}>.\r\n ", robot2.Home.X, robot2.Home.Y); ab.AppendFormat("It is facing {0} ", robot2.Orientation); ab.AppendFormat("and is currently at <{0},{0}>.\r\n", robot2.Position.X, robot2.Position.Y); Console.WriteLine(ab.ToString()); } ``` How do you assign new values to x and Y?

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