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C# C# Objects Encapsulation and Arrays Ternary If

Posted by Michael North
Michael North
2,561 Points

Please Help

I've never really been sure what the . is in the code for example path.length (where did that come from?) Please Help

1 Answer

Jon Wood
Jon Wood
9,884 Points
Jon Wood
Jon Wood
9,884 Points

The . in C# (or all languages that can do Object Oriented Programming) is known as dot notation. This is used to access properties or methods on the object. So, in your example, the object path (which looks to be a variable) has a property on it called length.

Michael North
Michael North
2,561 Points

Thank you it makes much more sense!

Jon Wood
Jon Wood
9,884 Points
Jon Wood
Jon Wood
9,884 Points

Glad it helped! :)