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new Summary

Creates a new object.

Syntax

new constructor ([ arguments ])

constructor: Required. The constructor of the object. The parentheses can be omitted if the constructor takes no arguments.
arguments: Optional. Any arguments to be passed to the new object’s constructor.

Examples

These are examples of valid uses of the new operator.

my_object = new Object;
my_array = new Array();
my_date = new Date("Jan 5 1996");

Remarks

The new operator performs the following tasks:

It creates an object with no members.
It calls the constructor for that object, passing a pointer to the newly created object as the this pointer.
The constructor then initializes the object according to the arguments passed to the constructor.