CHAPTER 28 — Parameters in Method Calls

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CHAPTER 28 — Parameters in Method Calls

Often when you use a method, you supply it with some information in the form of parameters. This chapter discusses method calls and parameters.

Chapter Topics:

  • Methods with no parameters
  • Parameter lists
  • Data types of parameters
  • Expressions in parameter lists
  • Conversion of values in parameter lists to required types

QUESTION 1:

After the following statements have executed, 

String str = new String("alphabet soup");
int    len = str.length();

what value is in the variable len?

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