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Jose Perez
1,338 PointsI’m lost!!! Please need help to understand better!! please
What the difference between private read only MapLocation[] _path and Maplocation [] _path = new Maplocation()
I might be wrong in the second example but I just to understand how can we create an array Maplocation if I don’t see anything in the class construct that can support that or can an array be created for any class?
I’m sorry for the confusing question. I am having a hard time understanding the difference between creating an object and doing the following: private read only MapLocation[] _path; Please help!!!!
Thank you!
1 Answer
Steven Parker
229,744 PointsYou can create an array of any type object, both primitives and classes, just by using the brackets [].
But you have some other differences there, including access modifiers "private" and "read only".
And the code "Maplocation [] _path = new Maplocation()" would not be valid because it is trying to assign an array with a single item, even though they are the same type.
Maceo Lewis
14,200 PointsMaceo Lewis
14,200 PointsAre you saying that the type can essentially be whatever you want? For example it doesn't have to be string[], double[], int[] etc, but it can be named after a class?
Steven Parker
229,744 PointsSteven Parker
229,744 PointsSure, you can have arrays of class objects. Like the one shown in the example (and in the video).