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    Question How many instances of class A does the following code create

    How many instances of class A does the following code create ??

    A x, u, v;
    x=new A();
    A y=x;
    A z=new A();


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    Default Re: How many instances of class A does the following code create

    What do you think? What happened when you wrote some example code to test your theory?
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    Default Re: How many instances of class A does the following code create

    i think we have 2 instance right ??

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    Default Re: How many instances of class A does the following code create

    I would agree, but if you want to be sure, you can write some example code that tests your theory.
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    Default Re: How many instances of class A does the following code create

    you used the new keyword twice. So the answer is definitely two.

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