AP® Computer Science A glossary
Initialization
Also called: initialize
Course: AP® Computer Science A Shows up in: Unit 1: Using Objects and Methods
Giving a variable its first value. A variable must be initialized before it is used in an expression.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 1.4.A.1
A variable is initialized the first time it is assigned a value. Using a variable before it is initialized does not compile. Declaring and initializing can happen in one statement: int lives = 3;.
int bonus;
bonus = 2; // bonus is initialized here
System.out.println(bonus);Output:
2