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Charlie Harcourt
8,046 PointsDifference between an instance method and a static method
What is the difference? I don't quite understand what they are and what they do. On the video before the quiz he talks about it but I didn't understand. Any help is appreciated.
1 Answer
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 PointsInstance methods needs an instance of the class object. The class object needs to be created first. example:
var car = new Car();
car.Method();
// Creating the variable of the class Car to a new instance object named car.
// Calling the Method(); through the instance of car.
Static methods can be called without first creating an instance of the class.
Car.Method();
// Where Car is the class name.
// Sidenote: If the class is static you can't create new objects of that class.