Friday, June 22, 2012

Pass By Value Pass By Reference - As a Concept


My simple approach to explain the difference between pass by value and pass by reference irrespective of any programming language.

Consider the below code

int i = 5;

process(i); // pass by reference
process(5); // pass by value

SOP(i);

public void process(int a){
    // do something
}

In the above code if you are passing i as an argument to the method then it is pass by reference and if you are passing 5 then it is pass by value.

If you pass i (pass by reference) then the change in the data in the function will affect the data in caller.
But if you pass 5 (pass by value) then the change in the data in the function will not affect the data in caller.

I hope i am making a very clear point and am not violating any object credentials.

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