Interacting with an Object

Once you create an instance of a reference type using the new keyword, you can interact with the new object through the variable that serves as a reference to that object.  You can call the object’s methods or read and write its properties.

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// Make a new Person object Person p1 = new Person("Sean", 46);   // Read some properties string theName = p1.Name;   // Sean int howOld = p1.Age;        // 46   // Set Age property to new value p1.Age = p1.Age - 10; int younger = p1.Age;       // Now 36   // Call method that takes no parameters, returns description //   Will return:  Sean is 36 yrs old. string describe = p1.Description();

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