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Posted by Bumle on May 15, 2001 at 1:33 PM

> classname object=new classname();

>
> creates a variable called object with a special type of variable called a classname. The object variable stores the result of classname().

> new is a reserve word which shows you are creating a variable (here named object) to store a result.

>
> See another example:

> Dog doggie = new Dog();

> One new object is created, a Dog object called doggie.
> Here dog() is class file and you are allocating a variable doggie to store result of dog()class.

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