Modifying parameter values before sending to Base constructor

Question

The title may be a bit ambiguous, but I couldn\'t think of a better way to word this.

I realize that I can not call a derived constructor prior to calling a base con

Answer 1

You can use a static method to compute a value to pass to the base constructor.

public class DerivedClass :
    BaseClass
{
    public
    DerivedClass(int i) :
        base(ComputedValue(i))
    {
    }

    public static InputType
    ComputedValue(int i)
    {
        return InputType.Number; // or any other computation you want here
    }
}