Re: Public in Classes

On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 12:24 +0100, Ben Stones wrote: > Hi, > > Just started with object oriented programming and glad I have come across > it, just need a few things clearing up. > > When I make a variable or method public, does this mean that it can be used > outside of classes, for instance in other classes or as well as > instantiating classes? So if I made it private, it wouldn't be able to be > instantiated or extended in other classes, am I right? > > I have never added public when I am creating methods so I presume its > already set as default if you don't add it? > > Hope you can understand my question. > > Cheers. As far as I understand it, public methods of a class let you use it on instances of that class, but private methods can only be called from within the class itself, if that makes any sense? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk