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C#

Chris M
Chris M
592 Points
Posted by Chris M
Chris M
592 Points

Point point explination

I'm on the C# objects tutorial and I've having trouble understanding this:

 Point point = new Point (4,2);

I know that 

Point

is a class I made but I'm just not understanding the what

point

is there for.

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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It's the variable name of type point. It's going to hold your new point. You could have named it myPoint or yourPoint or really any valid variable name. For example:

 Point point = new Point (4,2);
Point myPoint = new Point(5,7);
Point yourPoint = new Point (0,3);

This would create three Point objects and we'd reference them now by their names. Hope this clarifies things! :smiley:

Chris M
Chris M
592 Points
Chris M
Chris M
592 Points

Ahhh, that makes more sense, Thanks a lot.