Is there anyway to give name while creating the object?

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Hello, StarCraft!

Java Syntax, Level 3, Lesson 4

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Instead of writing like

Zerg zerg1 = new Zerg();
zerg1.name = "Zergling";

Can you do something like

Zerg zerg1 = new Zerg(name = "Zergling");

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Anthony Chalk

Level 30 , London, United Kingdom

14 January 2020, 07:43

useful

Yes, by creating a constructor in the zerg class that takes a String as an argument i.e public Zerg (String name){ this.name = name; } then when you create a Zerg object you would have to pass a String as an argument which would initialize the name field in the Zerg class

HaeWon Chung

Level 17 , Boston, United States

14 January 2020, 16:03

Thanks for the answer. I haven't learned what is a constructor yet. And given the requirement that I cannot change the classes, I can't try your suggestion. Do you think there is a way to combine

Zerg zerg1 = new Zerg();
zerg1.name = "Zergling";

into single command line within the limitation of the task?

Anthony Chalk

Level 30 , London, United Kingdom

14 January 2020, 16:10

Not without changing the class itself I'm afraid