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Posted by Chanda Lupambo
Chanda Lupambo
Courses Plus Student 27,336 Points

What is args?

I always see args but what is it?

3 Answers

akshaythakur
akshaythakur
Courses Plus Student 34,019 Points

Yes it is variable name. You can use any name which you want.Mostly you seen inside void main method in java programming language.

trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,713 Points
trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,713 Points

I think args is just an array which holds your arguments. You can probably call it whatever you want.

Chanda Lupambo
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Chanda Lupambo
Courses Plus Student 27,336 Points
Chanda Lupambo
Chanda Lupambo
Courses Plus Student 27,336 Points

Thanks!