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CREATE
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><b>CREATE</b></pre><p>

This keyword, when placed alone at the beginning of a class file,
tells the interpreter that when applying non-static symbols to
the name of the class, an automatic hidden instance of it will
be created on the fly.
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If you use this feature, the class constructor (the special method
<tt>_new</tt>) will be called with no parameters.
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This feature is already used internally by the Form and the Settings classes.
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Are you superstitious ? Here are the first 13 lines of the Settings class code:
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">' Gambas class file
EXPORT
CREATE

PRIVATE $sPath AS String
PRIVATE $sTitle AS String
PRIVATE $cSlot AS NEW Collection
PRIVATE $bModify AS Boolean

PUBLIC SUB _new(OPTIONAL Path AS String, OPTIONAL Title AS String)

  DIM hFile AS File
  DIM sLine AS String
...</pre>
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This keyword is also used in the <a href="open+en">OPEN</a> instruction for creating new files.
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/object+en">Object &amp; Class Management</a>&nbsp; <a href="open+en">OPEN</a>&nbsp;

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