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Teymuraz Kobaliya
2,646 PointsHello! What does line " PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser; " really mean?
Hello! Can anyone do me a favour and break it into baby steps? What does line " PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser; " really mean? I just don't understand what we are trying to do.
If I understand correctly, we create an object "dispenser" inside the class "Pezdispenser", but what comes after "=" sign?? What does word "new" stand for (is it class/object/whatever). ...and then we use class "PezDispenser" again. Why?
3 Answers
Fahad Mutair
10,359 Pointshi Teymuraz Kobaliya , this line mean to create object of class PezDispenser and name it dispenser , the = and new mean to instantiate a class PezDispenser that will create an instance of that class.
PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser();
dhiraj singh
87 Pointsyou are creating a new object dispenser of class PezDispenser
Kurt Daisley
4,228 PointsMy understanding is that we're creating a new INSTANCE of the class PezDispenser, and, rather confusingly, are calling this new instance 'dispenser'. The question that I have is - at 5:11 in the video, Chris says that we're creating a new VARIABLE of type PezDispenser, and then later on in the video (around 6:13) calls this same thing an INSTANCE. Which is it? Are the words interchangeable?