NEWOBJECT()

Purpose

Function to create a new object

Syntax

NEWOBJECT(<expC1> [, <exp1>, <exp2>, ...]]])

See Also

ACLASS(), ADDPROPERTY(), AMEMBERS(), COMPOBJ(), CREATEOBJECT(), DEFINE CLASS, DISPLAY CLASSES, DODEFAULT(), FOREACH, LIST CLASSES, LOADOBJECT(), OBJECT(), PRINT_HTML(), PRINT_JSON(), PRINT_R(), PRINT_XML(), REMOVEPROPERTY(), REQUIRE_ONCE(), SAVEOBJECT(), SQL SELECT, WITH

Description

The NEWOBJECT() function is used to create a new object. The <expC1> is the class on which the new object is based. Optionally, parameters can be passed to the object's init method in <exp1>, <exp2>, ... .

The NEWOBJECT() function returns a reference to the newly created object.

Example

class opentable
        property cAlias
        property nRecnum
        procedure init(pAlias)
                use &pAlias
                this.cAlias = pAlias
        endproc
        procedure nRecnum_access
                this.nRecnum = recno()
        endproc
endclass
 
oCompany = newobject("opentable","example")
? oCompany.nRecnum
? oCompany.cAlias