Were the contents of x and y altered by this conversion?

Answer:

No—new int values were created based on the information in x and y, and these values were used in the method call. The variables x and y remain unchanged.

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Methods that do not require parameters.
Description of parameters in class documentation
Two ways that values in a method call are converted to the required type.
Automatic conversion of data types in a method call.
Rules about when a conversion is done automatically.

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