Object

An object is an instance of a class stored in a set of memory locations.

Related concepts:  ClassTypeValue

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Object-oriented programming — Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties) and have actions they can perform (called procedures or methods and implemented in code). In OOP, computer programs are designed by making them out of objects that interact with one another.

Misconceptions about Object

35 documented Misconceptions

AccessingInexistentPropertyError

Accessing a non existent property on an object produces an error

AssignmentCopiesObject

Assignment copies the object

EqualityOperatorComparesObjectsValues

The equality operator compares two objects' values

IdentifierAsStringInBracketNotation

An identifier used to access a property with the bracket notation is treated as a string

NoBracketNotationForObjects

Square brackets cannot be used to access properties of an object

NoGlobalObject

There isn't a global object

NullIsObject

null is an object

ObjectAsParameterIsCopied

Objects are passed by value

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