Re: Altering data with a method call

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From: Mica Cooper
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 18:09

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David,

Simple pass the object and modify it. You can return the object for
readability but it will do nothing. When you pass an object a pointer gets
passed, not the object. Hope that helps,

Mica


"David Chandler" <davidschandler@netzero.net> wrote in message
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> I am moving from Pascal to Java.  In Pascal you could pass either values
or
> variables to a procedure.  Variables get altered so the revised data gets
> passed back.  Java allows you to pass only values.  I can get a single
> return value, but what if I want a method to alter other variables?  Do I
> have to rely on globals?
>
> What is the usual practice here?
>
> --
> David Chandler
>
>

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