Try to display a int through a static field, but return a weird value (C#)-CodePudding

I'm trying to cut down on how much duplication I have on my code, so I decided to make one of my classes a static class since I decided that its data should really be shared with everyone. Here's the static method below:

// A static class, that holds all object's coordinates, and methods to return & update their values.
internal static class Coordinate
{
    private static int[,] PlayerCoordinate { get; set; }
    public static int[,] GateCoordinate { get; }
    public static int[,] FountainCoordinate { get; }

    static Coordinate() // FIRST VALUE IS X (column), SECOND VALUE IS Y (row).
    {
        PlayerCoordinate = new int[,] { { 0, 0 } };
        GateCoordinate = PlayerCoordinate; // Just starts off in the same place as player.
        FountainCoordinate = new int[,] { { 2, 0 } };
    }

    // A static method, that sends the data of all object coordinates, deconstructed into seperate ints.
    public static int PlayerColumn() { return PlayerCoordinate[0, 0]; }
    public static int PlayerRow() { return PlayerCoordinate[0, 1]; }
    public static int GateColumn() { return GateCoordinate[0, 0]; }
    public static int GateRow() { return GateCoordinate[0, 1]; }
    public static int FountainColumn() { return FountainCoordinate[0, 0]; }
    public static int FountainRow() { return FountainCoordinate[0, 1]; }

    // Updates the coordinates of the player.
    public static void UpdatePlayerCoordinate(int column, int row) { PlayerCoordinate = new int[,] { { column, row } }; }
}

The main issue comes in from my GameManager class. On the console, the beginning section should print out "You are the room at (Column=0, Row=0), but it prints this instead:

Here is the code for my GameManager class:

internal class GameManager
{
    private bool IsGameOver;
    private Player Player;
    private Updater Updater;
    // Don't need to call Fountain or Coordinate since they're static

    public GameManager()
    {
        IsGameOver = false;

        Player = new();
        Updater = new();
    }

    public void RunGame()
    {
        while (!IsGameOver)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------");
            Updater.DisplayPlayerPosition(); // This is the main line that I'm having issues with as of right now. All other functions past this are another problem.
            Updater.DisplayPlayerSenses();
            string playerInput = Player.GetInput();
            Updater.MovePlayer(playerInput);
            IsGameOver = Updater.CheckForWin();
        }
    }
}

And just to make sure, here is the code from my updater class, with the specific method that I'm having issues with:

internal class Updater
{
    // No fields

    // Default constructor

    // Gets the text to show the player his current position.
    public void DisplayPlayerPosition() // This is the method that I'm having issues with.
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"You are in the room at (Column={Coordinate.PlayerColumn}, Row={Coordinate.PlayerRow})");
    }
...

I'm fairly new to the static keyword so I believe that I may be missing smth. I personally believe that it's because the class itself hasn't been initialized (like I haven't called the constructor for the Coordinate class, and apparently you can't call a static constructor anyways), but that's just me. If I could get any help, I'd greatly appreciate it!

CodePudding user response：

PlayerColumn() and PlayerRow() are methods, but you are accesing them in the WriteLine statement as if they are properties.

Update your WriteLine to:

Console.WriteLine($"You are in the room at (Column={Coordinate.PlayerColumn()}, Row={Coordinate.PlayerRow()})");