new Operator

Creates a new object.

new constructor[(arguments)] 

Arguments

• constructor
  Required. Object's constructor. The parentheses can be omitted if the construc

  tor takes no arguments.

• arguments
  Optional. Any arguments to be passed to the new object's constructor.

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.

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");

Requirements

Version 1

See Also

function Statement