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Posted by mohamadreza azadi
mohamadreza azadi
5,167 Points

important question

why constructor is same name in our field?

i'm so confused about this subject why we put it on constructor argument same name in our field ?????? please help me

2 Answers

Shaddley Anderson
Shaddley Anderson
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Oh, the parameter name doesn't matter. If you have it the same name, you have to put 

this.name = name;

But otherwise you could change it to anything you wanted. For instance:

class ABC{

     String name;

     public ABC(String cheese){
          name = cheese; 
     }

}
mohamadreza azadi
mohamadreza azadi
5,167 Points

ow thanks

Shaddley Anderson
Shaddley Anderson
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Shaddley Anderson
Shaddley Anderson
Treehouse Project Reviewer

If you're asking why a constructor has the same name as a class, it's because it defines how you create an instance of the object in a different class.

mohamadreza azadi
mohamadreza azadi
5,167 Points

no that's not my question let me show you an example :

class ABC{

string name;

public ABC(string name) my question is here why we put argument as same name like our field? { }

}