Should you use “this.variablename” or just “variablename” to reference a member variable in a method?
Should you use this.variablename or just variablename to reference a member variable in a
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Should you use “this.variablename” or just “variablename” to reference a member variable in a method?
You can use whichever you want in most cases. If your method parameter or local variable has the same name then you’ll need to use
thisto distinguish the instance variable. Be consistent!