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JavaScript

Posted by Eric Garcia
Eric Garcia
6,217 Points

Can someone explain what the purpose of the "new" keyword is?

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/getters

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

As defined on the MDN documentation page:

The new operator creates an instance of a user-defined object type or of one of the built-in object types that has a constructor function.

So essentially, it's used to make an object.

Eric Garcia
Eric Garcia
6,217 Points

Thanks!