C# Compiler Error
CS0131 – The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property or indexer
Reason for the Error
You will receive this when the left hand side of the assignment contains expression rather than a variable or property in your C# code. For example, most of the time you will receive if you have add a arithmetic operations on the left side of the assignment operator.
Let’s try to compile the below C# code snippet.
namespace DeveloperPublishNamespace
{
public class DeveloperPublish
{
public static void Main()
{
int var1 = 10, var2 = 21, var3 = 0;
if (var1 + var2 = var3)
System.Console.WriteLine("Assigned the Value 3");
}
}
}You will receive the error CS0131 in this case because you are using var1 + var2 on the left-hand side of the assignment.
Error CS0131 The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property or indexer ConsoleApp1 C:\Users\Senthil\source\repos\ConsoleApp1\ConsoleApp1\Program.cs 8 Active
To fix the compiler error CS0131, ensure that the left-hand side of the assignment contains only the variable, property or indexer and doesn’t include the expressions or arithmetic operators.
