Question on use of NEW Keyword

Hi

First off let me say that I am essentially new to VB.NET, i.e; still learning. Also, I hope that this is the right place to post this question.

In a Project I have a Class module defined as:

Public Class Def
Public Id As String
Public Meaning As String
.
.
Public Code As Integer
End Class

Now in another Class module, Class A, Class B, etc., to create an instance of Def I use:

Private LocalDef as New Def

Is that statement identical to:

Private LocalDef as Def = new Def

If not, what is the difference?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jerry B

they are exactly the same... the difference is that one requires more keystrokes than the other. The first will work for any object that has a public constructor. Not all objects do... for instance, a DataRow in a datatable... you can't simply do this:

Code:

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Dim myNewDataRow as New DataRow

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DataRow doesn't have a public constructor...you have to call it using the AddRow of the datatable:

Code:

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Dim myNewDataRow as DataRow = myDataTable.AddRow()

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-tg

Hi techgnome

Thank you for the answer.

Jerry B