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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">New Operator</title>
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      <bookmark_value>New Operator</bookmark_value>
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    <h1 id="hd_id791633472607429"><variable id="NewOperator_h1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/new_keyword.xhp" name="New_Operator">New Operator</link></variable></h1>
    <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145090">Use the <literal>New</literal> operator to instantiate objects of user-defined types, as well as Uno services, structs and enumerations.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" localize="false" id="par_id711633530276845">
    <input>Dim oObj as New ObjectType</input>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" localize="false" id="par_id411633630491643">
    <input>oObj = New ObjectType</input>
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  <note id="par_id831633630704012">The <literal>New</literal> operator can be used either during variable declaration or in an assignment operation.</note>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id621633630563936">The following example uses the <literal>New</literal> operator to create an instance of the <literal>PropertyValue</literal> Uno struct.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id631633630856218">' Instantiating the object during variable declaration</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id801633630856388">Dim oProp1 as New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id901633630856534">oProp1.Name = "Some name"</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id441633630856694">oProp1.Value = 100</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id11633631135918">' The same can be accomplished with an assignment</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id821633631136215">Dim oProp2 as Object</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id851633631136449">oProp2 = New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id461633631136636">oProp2.Name = "Other name"</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id121633631136838">oProp2.Value = 200</paragraph>
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  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id971633631328827">The example below creates a new type <literal>Student</literal> and instantiates an object of this type:</paragraph>
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    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id981633473836933">Type Student</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id941633473837598">    FirstName as String</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id941633473837123">    Program as String</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id371633532557876">End Type</paragraph>
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    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id481633532558146">Sub TestObjects</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id471633532558363">    Dim oStudent1 as New Student</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id991633532558572">    oStudent1.FirstName = "John"</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id181633532558771">    oStudent2.Program = "Computer Science"</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id501633532559284">End Sub</paragraph>
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