Explanation needed

[vinodh kumar]

Hi,
Can any one explain me why the ouput is Goofy,it should be loofy na.


public class Dog {
String name;

public static void main(String[] args) {

Dog[] dog = new Dog[3];
dog[0]=new Dog();
dog[1]=new Dog();
dog[2]=dog[1];

dog[1].name="loofy";
dog[2].name="goofy";

System.out.println(dog[1].name);

}
}

[Jesper de Jong]

dog[2] refers to the same Dog object as dog[1].

[Joanne Neal]

This line
dog[2]=dog[1];
means dog[1] and dog[2] both refer to the same object, therefore any change you make to the object referenced by dog[2] will also be seen in the object referenced by dog[1].

[vinodh kumar]

Thanks a lot.

[Raghavan Muthu]

You may have to go through this link for Pass by value, please!.