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A data item specified in a method call. An argument can be a literal value, a variable, or an expression.
Information passed to a method. Arguments are also sometimes called parameters. A method expecting to receive arguments must contain a formal argument declaration for each as part of its method header. When a method is called, the actual argument values are copied into the corresponding formal arguments.
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