# Access Modifiers and \_ symbol

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/DCPfTlhwVJ4>" %}

{% hint style="success" %}

* [x] There are no access modifier keyword in dart
* [x] public , private , protected keyword don't exist in dart.
* [x] You can prepend something with \_ to make it private in library level
  {% endhint %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="a.dart" %}

```dart
class Employee {
  String name;
  String _position;
}

void main() {
  var employee1 = Employee();
  employee1.name = "John Doe";
  employee1._position = 'CTO';
  print('${employee1.name}: ${employee1._position}');
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="b.dart" %}

```dart
import 'a.dart';

void main() {
  var employee2 = Employee();
  employee2.name = "Jane Doe";
  employee2._position = "CEO"; // Will Show error 

  // employee1._position = 'CEO';
  print('${employee2.name}');
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

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