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POThere is no error in my code, but the output that should be displaying is not being displayed
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copied!<p>I am not really sure why but when I put break points in and stepped through my code each of the properties return either a null or 0 when they should be the values I put in the main where I mad the instances of the class.</p> <p>This is my main</p> <pre><code>namespace DemoJobs { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string desc; decimal rate, time, total; Job job1 = new Job("Pour Driveway", 8m, 50.00m); Job job2 = new Job("Instal New Windows", 18m, 120m); Job job3 = job1 + job2; Console.WriteLine("The {0} job will take {1} hours, costing {2} per hour with a total of {3}", job1.Description, job1.Time, job1.Rate.ToString("C"), job1.Total.ToString("C")); Console.WriteLine("The {0} job will take {1} hours, costing {2} per hour with a total of {3}", job2.Description, job2.Time, job2.Rate.ToString("C"), job2.Total.ToString("C")); Console.WriteLine("The {0} job will take {1} hours, costing {2} per hour with a total of {3}", job3.Description, job3.Time, job3.Rate.ToString("C"), job3.Total.ToString("C")); Console.ReadLine(); } } } </code></pre> <p>This is my class</p> <pre><code>namespace DemoJobs { public class Job { // variables private string _description; private decimal _time, _rate, _total; // property for the job description public string Description { get { return _description; } set { _description = value; } } // property for the total job time public decimal Time { get { return _time; } set { _time = value; CalcTotal(); } } // property for the jobs hourly rate public decimal Rate { get { return _rate; } set { _rate = value; CalcTotal(); } } // read-only property for the job total public decimal Total { get { return _total; } } // method to calculate the total for the job public decimal CalcTotal() { _total = _rate * _time; return _total; } // constructor public Job(string description, decimal time, decimal rate) { Description = _description; Time = _time; Rate = _rate; } public static Job operator +(Job job1, Job job2) { string newDescription = job1.Description + " and " + job2.Description; decimal newTime = job1.Time + job2.Time; decimal newRate = (job1.Rate + job2.Rate) / 2; decimal newTotalFee = newRate * newTime; return (new Job(newDescription, newTime, newRate)); } } } </code></pre>

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