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C# Wrapping Up

Ali Dahud
Ali Dahud
3,459 Points

Can anybody explain what's a field and a parameter?

The title.

Any help will be appreciated

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

A parameter is a name that stands for an argument that will be passed in when a method is called, and a field is a value that is stored inside an object.

For example:

public class frog
{
    public int TongueLength;           // "TongueLength" is a field

    public bool EatFly(distanceToFly)  // "distanceToFly" is a parameter
// ....