MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 566

new
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
new constructor()
Parameters
constructor
usually the name of the object type (for example, Array, Number, or Object) to be constructed.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Operator; creates a new, initially anonymous, object and calls the function identified by the
parameter. The
constructor
parentheses, as well as the newly created object, which is referenced using the keyword
constructor function can then use
Example
The following example creates the
objects and
book1
function Book(name, price){
this.name = name;
this.price = price;
}
book1 = new Book("Confederacy of Dunces", 19.95);
book2 = new Book("The Floating Opera", 10.95);
Example
The following example uses the
golfCourse_array = new Array(18);
See also
[] (array access),
566 Chapter 12: ActionScript Dictionary
A function followed by any optional parameters in parentheses. The function is
operator passes to the function any optional parameters in
new
this
Book()
.
book2
operator to create an Array object with 18 elements:
new
{} (object initializer)
to set the variables of the object.
function and then uses the
. The
this
operator to create the
new