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[Cruel Hand]

say I have this code:

public class tuna {

	public void simpleMessage(String name){

		

	}

}

why don't I just do this:

public class tuna {

	public void simpleMessage(){

		String name;

		

	}

}

instead?

thanks for the help :D

[wim DC]

Because in the 2nd case name will always be what you coded it to be where in the first case you can give in another name every time you use the method.

[Cruel Hand]

ooh yeah I get it. the first one will change "name" to whatever I input in my other class every time I call this method, right?

[wim DC]

Ye, with the first one you can do

simpleMessage("Tom");
simpleMessage("Chris");
simpleMessage("Steve");

And in the second one you can only do

simpleMessage();

where it will always use the same name coded inside.

[Cruel Hand]

ok perfect, thanks!

[AfroJack]

For the 1st block of code you have you will need to put inside the construcotr something like

this.name = name;

Or something to store the variable, that wont save his name unless you store it