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The this keyword is a pointer that's available to all member functions in a class Thie this pointer addresses the instance of the class that called the function The this pointer is also available in constructors and destructors The this pointer is passed as a hidden parameter to every member function in a class The pointer has the same type as a declared pointer to the class

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You use this when you refer to a general situation, activity, or event which is happening or has just happened and which you feel involved in. I thought, this is why I've travelled thousands of miles Tim, this is awful. I know what you must think, but it's not so

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A Java reserved word with several different uses: Within a constructor, it may be used as the first statement to call another constructor in the same class For example // Initialise with default values public Heater() { // Use the other constructor this(15, 20); } // Initialise with the given values public Heater(int min,int max) { } Within a constructor or method, it may be used to distinguish between a field and a parameter or method variable of the same name For instance: public Heater(int min,int max) { this min = min; this max = max; } It can be used as a reference to the current object, typically in order to pass a reference to another object: talker talkToMe(this)

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A Java (label) name that is bound to the current instance Because it refers to an instance, static members are outside of its scope

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a Java reserved word used to refer to the current instance of the class (Making Objects - Slide 23)

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You use this when you refer to the place you are in now or to the present time. We've stopped transporting weapons to this country by train I think coffee is probably the best thing at this point This is also a pronoun. This is the worst place I've come across

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As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned

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You use this to refer to the medium of communication that you are using at the time of speaking or writing. What I'm going to do in this lecture is focus on something very specific see also these

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C++ keyword used in a member function to point at the object currently being operated on

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If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that, or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things that you do not want to specify. `And what are you doing now?' --- `Oh this and that.'

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pron. pronoun used to indicate a specific person or object

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You use this to introduce someone or something that you are going to talk about. This is what I will do. I will telephone Anna and explain. This is also a determiner. This report is from David Cook of our Science Unit: `Why did the dinosaurs become extinct?'

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As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town

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You use this to refer to the next occurrence in the future of a particular day, month, season, or festival. We're getting married this June

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You use this to refer back to a particular person or thing that has been mentioned or implied. When food comes out of any oven, it should stand a while. During this delay the centre carries on cooking On 1 October the US suspended a proposed $574 million aid package for 1991. Of this amount, $250 million is for military purchases. This is also a pronoun. I don't know how bad the injury is, because I have never had one like this before

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You use this to refer back to an idea or situation expressed in a previous sentence or sentences. You feel that it's uneconomic to insist that people work together in groups. Why is this? This is also a determiner. There have been continual demands for action by the political authorities to put an end to this situation

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You use this in order to say who you are or what organization you are representing, when you are speaking on the telephone, radio, or television. Hello, this is John Thompson

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Within an instance method or constructor of a class, this refers to "this object"--the instance currently being operated on It is useful to refer to an instance variable of the class that has been shadowed by a local variable or method argument It is also useful to pass the current object as an argument to static methods or methods of other classes There is one additional use of this: when it appears as the first statement in a constructor method, it refers to one of the other constructors of the class

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In spoken English, people use this to introduce a person or thing into a story. I came here by chance and was just watching what was going on, when this girl attacked me

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A Java(TM) programming language keyword that can be used to represent an instance of the class in which it appears "this" can be used to access class variables and methods

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so, so much, to such an extent

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singular and near the speaker

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A pronoun keyword that refers to the current object; this allows for convenient reference to the object's instance variables, particularly when the parameters have the same name

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formulae If you say this is it, you are agreeing with what someone else has just said. `You know, people conveniently forget the things they say.' --- `Well this is it.'

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You use this when you are going to specify how much you know or how much you can tell someone. I am not going to reveal what my seven-year plan is, but I will tell you this much, if it works out, the next seven years will be very interesting

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You use this to refer to a person or thing that is near you, especially when you touch them or point to them. When there are two or more people or things near you, this refers to the nearest one. `If you'd prefer something else I'll gladly have it changed for you.' --- `No, this is great.' `Is this what you were looking for?' Bradley produced the handkerchief This is also a determiner. This church was built in the eleventh century

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You use this when you are indicating the size or shape of something with your hands. They'd said the wound was only about this big you see and he showed me with his fingers

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