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new Operator
Creates a new object.
new constructor[( [arguments] )]
- constructor
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Required. Object's construction. The parentheses can be omitted if the constructor takes no arguments.
- arguments
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Optional. Any arguments to be passed to the new object's constructor.
The new operator performs the following tasks:
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It creates an object with no members.
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It calls the constructor for that object, passing a reference to the newly created object as the this pointer.
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The constructor then initializes the object according to the arguments passed to the constructor.
These examples demonstrate some uses of the new operator.
var myObject : Object = new Object;
var myArray : Array = new Array();
var myDate : Date = new Date("Jan 5 1996");