what is 'this' constructor, what is it for

Question

I\'m in the learning process and I have a question I havent been able to find a satisfactory answer for.

this I need a rundown on it. I keep seeing it a

Answer 1

It's used to invoke another constructor in the class:

public class Test {
    public Test() : this("AmazingMrBrock")
    {

    }

    public Test(string name) 
    {
       Console.WriteLine(name);
    }

}

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