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Article:		The Objective-C Language
Subject:		Question
Date:		2001-05-10 14:41:38
From:		kcrawford
Response to: Question
I'm still confused. You put the arguments inside the name of the method? Please show the same method written in Java so I can translate. Would it be: public void setXLocationyLocation(double x, double y){}

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• Question
  2001-05-11 06:13:54  Michael Beam | [View]
  
  
  that's right, you put arguments in the name of the method. Think of it as each argument having a label that is part of the method name. Your java line was correct, although i think you meant to put in a Y before the second location
  
  public void setXLocationYLocation(double x, double y) {}
  
  
• Question
  2001-05-11 09:19:15  kcrawford [View]
  
  
  Thanks, that clears things up a bit.
  
  Would you call the method with multiple arguments the same way--with the arguments inside the method name?
  
  For example, would you call the method
  
  - (void)setXLocation:(double)x yLocation:(double)y
  
  like this
  
  [setXLocation:10 yLocation:20];
• Question
  2001-05-11 12:00:20  Michael Beam | [View]
  
  
  Yeah, that's right, except your method call has no receiver, and it should. So it would have to be
  
  [anObject setXLocation:10 yLocation:20];
  
  when you want to invoke it.
• Question
  2001-05-15 10:06:53  TheBum [View]
  
  
  Allow me to step in here with a related question if I may. Are the tags in the argument list of the declaration, e.g. yLocation, just for readability or do they provide a way of specifying arguments in any order?