List<Student> liStudent = new List<Student> { new Student { Name="Mohan",ID=1 }, new Student { Name="Ravi",ID=2 } }; public class Student { public string Name { get; set; } public int ID { get; set; } } Is there other way to write this? I am a newbie. I want to make instance of student class first and assign properties in list.
List<Student> liStudent = new List<Student> { new Student("Mohan",1), new Student("Ravi",2) }; public class Student { public Student(string name,int id) { Name=name; ID=id; } public string Name { get; set; } public int ID { get; set; } } 
Since Student is a reference type, you can indeed add the instances to the list first, and set their parameters afterwards:
List<Student> lst = new List<Student> { new Student(), new Student() }; lst[0].Name = "Mohan"; lst[0].ID = 1; lst[1].Name = "Ravi"; lst[1].ID = 2; 
It is going to work as you've written in Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. This way you use object initializer, there is no need to invoke a constructor. Read more on How to: Initialize Objects without Calling a Constructor (C# Programming Guide).
