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Josh Schlabach
1,771 PointsWhat does "self " do in my code?
I forgot what self does in our code, and it's confusing me. Could someone give me a real life world example and explain it to me? Thanks!
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Kal K
13,332 PointsJosh Schlabach it returns the current instance or object your in. So if your in a view controller class and you run self, you're returning that class
Holger Liesegang
50,595 PointsHi Josh Schlabach !
You might want to have a look at Self Keyword and When to use self.
Thomas Katalenas
11,033 Pointsin the video he makes a good point. init(firstName : String, lastName: String) { self.firstName = firstName self.lastName = lastName } casn be this instead, there is a difference between stored property and parameter name, which was not clear to me before. init(fName: String, lName: String) { self.firstName = fName self.lastName = lName }