Instance

[roger6897]

How can 'Instance' be best explained in Visual Basic

[Colin Angus Mackay]

roger6897 wrote:

How can 'Instance' be best explained in Visual Basic

Well, it depends on what you mean by "instance"? I'm guessing you mean in terms of object oriented programming (OOP) An object is an instance of a class. A class is a type. You create a new instance of a class with the New keyword.

Dim w As Widget = New Widget(someParameter)

w is the reference to the object (the instance of the class. Widget is the name of the class New instantiates the instance of the class. Does that answer your question?

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