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Call by value

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A parameter-passing mechanism in which arguments are passed to a method or constructor by copying their values; the parameters are initialized with copies of the arguments, not references to the original variables.

AP course connection

Topic 1.13: 1.13 Creating and Storing Objects

Unit 1

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