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<h1 style="text-align: center;">creating objects using an object constructor function</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">[what]</h2>
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<li>[] CREATING-objects-using-a-constructor-function - creating an "object" instance or instances by calling an object Constructor function.</li>
<li>[] A "object" constructor function is a function whose purpose it is, is to create a new instance of a given object.</li>
<li>[] Typically the constructor function will have parameters specified that we can use to pass the object property values into.</li>
<li>[] Sometimes we get those values from user input, or a db qry or a file.</li>
<li>[] So we create an object with property names only and then pass that object "variables" to&nbsp;assign "values"&nbsp;to the&nbsp;properties in the object.&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[why]</h2>
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<li>[] when we dont know&nbsp;what values the properties of our object will contain when we&nbsp;define/create/declare the object,</li>
<li>[] As we (mostly) need to create objects dynamically, (meaning we don't always know what the values of our objects properties will be when we create the object at design time), having a constructor function enables us to create new object instances when/where we require them.</li>
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<h2>[where]</h2>
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<li>[]</li>
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<h2>[when]</h2>
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<li>[x] 2013-09-03 -</li>
<li>[x] 2019-12-07 - updated</li>
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<h2>[example]</h2>
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<li><strong>[] CREATING AN OBJECT CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION</strong></li>
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<p>function Person (id,name,birthdate){<br />&nbsp; this.id = id;<br />&nbsp; this.name = name;<br />&nbsp; this.birthdate = birthdate;</p>
<p>}</p>
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<li><strong>] CREATING an OBJECT INSTANCE using the OBJECT CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION<br /></strong></li>
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<p>var myPerson = new Person(1, "john doe", "2000-01-01");</p>
<h2>[how-to]</h2>
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<li><strong>[] creating a "Person" object constructor function<br /></strong></li>
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<li>[] defining the function that will create Person objects.</li>
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<li><strong>[] creating an instance of a Person object&nbsp; <br /></strong></li>
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<li>[] once you have&nbsp;created a&nbsp;<em>constructor function</em>, you can now use it to <em>create instances</em> of your objects</li>
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<h2>[reference]</h2>
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<li>[x] # 7450 <a href="/view/task?id=7450" target="_blank">UPDATE-article# 1681</a> (this) -</li>
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