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What does this-> do?

Course: Competitive Programming in C++: The Keys to Success - Learn Interactively
Lesson: Singly Linked List - Searching - Competitive Programming in C++: The Keys to Success

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Hello Hao,
this-> is a pointer in C++ that points towards the value stored in a parameter in class.
For example,

Node (int val) {
        this->val = val;
        this->next = NULL;
    }

In code above, this->val is pointing towards the value to be stored in variable val, which is val.