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I have been learning the C# language over the last month or two from the book Visual C# 2008 and was wondering what is the "this" keyword used for. I see it coming up over and over again in the book but it doesn't seem that they give a good definition of what it is used for.

Joe Doe · Answer

thx alot for your help I think I get it now

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

ok the keyword this is used by a given object class to refer it self example: public class Person { /* The constructor the first method lunched after the object creation unsing new keyword */ public person(string FirstName string LastName) { //The this here is used to refer the object it self as you know //the object person has a field called _FirstName and _LastName this._FirstName; this._LastName; } public string _FirstName; public string _LastName; } in the other hand Person me = new Person(BejaouiBechir); will define an object Person in fact when me is created it invokes the Person(FirstNameLastName) then this or in this case me._FirstName me._LastName

Satish Kathi · Answer

Refer this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dk1507sz(VS.80).aspx