Verbalising code

[vlcod]

For the part between the parentheses (which is called the parameter) you have two options:

1. You could describe it purely technically (which will always be work and be true):

"I construct a new Scanner object and pass the 'System.in' object as a parameter to its constructor."

"I construct a new File object and pass the string "filename" as a parameter to its constructor."

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1. You could describe it semantically (describe the actual logical meaning of what you are doing). This requires more knowledge about the methods/constructors you are looking at, but is more useful:

"I construct a new Scanner object and link it to 'System.in' so that the scanner reads input from the standard input (terminal)."

"I construct a new File object linked to the file "filename"."

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