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g is the instance of an object of type Graphics

for example
if i declare
String myString = "cool";

i have just created an attribute of type String.
with that attribute comes all sorts of methods i can call because of
this fact.
eg
myString.charAt(2); // returns 'o'
this is because the class String has this method, and myString is of
type String.
so it is a similar thing with g
paint is passed a parramater of type Grapgics, you can then access all
those cool methods that come with an attribute of type g such as
drawString().
did that help?

David Belavy wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm learning to program from the Deitel & Deitel book and I was just
> wondering what the 'g' means in
>
> public void paint (Graphics g)
>     {
>         g.drawString("String", 25,25);
>     }
>
> What does the g actually refer to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

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