What is the use of the "this" pointer.

Answer 1

This is an example explaining the use of "this" :

Say you have a variable "int x " in your class and you want to declare a local variable in a method with that same name :

Class MyClass
{
public :
int x;

void myFunction
{
x = 10;
int x = 20;
cout <<x <<endl;
cout <<this->x <<endl;
}
};

This will output :
20
10

Answer 2

if i understood correctly, in C# (think it works in C++ as well) you can create a class with a variable named x and in that class have a method/function that has an argument named x and you can distinguish them with the use of the word this (this points to the variable in the class not in the method)

Answer 3

Luka

"you can create a class with a variable named x and in that class have a method/function that has an argument named x and you can distinguish them with the use of the word this (this points to the variable in the class not in the method)"

It's true ( to agree on your doubt ) .

Simply , it points on a variable ( well, that's what 'this' in the thesaurus means ) and use that stated variable to work on value (print out ) .
umm , advantage? points something outside and use it inside .
Kind of like 'that' in English , but code is on paper , so we use this->this .

:)

Answer 4

yeah....it's right

Answer 5

Nice explanation, thanks.
I made a code to see a result as explained.

https://code.sololearn.com/clhLD96GS0AP/?ref=app