What is the difference between _name and self.name if name was a NSString

Question

What is the defference if I called

NSString *theNameToDisplay = _name;

or

NSString *theNameToDisplay = self.name;
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Answer 1

really no difference, in assigning to other object but it will make great deal of difference if the assignment is done other way around means like self.name = theNameToDisplay; this will be different as the value in theNameToDisplay will get affected by the @property attributes.