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newarray

Operation
Create new array

newarray
atype

Forms
newarray = 188 (0xbc)

Stack
..., count ..., arrayref

Description
The count must be of type int. It is popped off the operand stack. The count represents the number of elements in the array to be created.

The atype is a code that indicates the type of array to create. It must take one of the following values:

Array Type

 atype

T_BOOLEAN

 4

T_CHAR

 5

T_FLOAT

 6

T_DOUBLE

 7

T_BYTE

 8

T_SHORT

 9

T_INT

 10

T_LONG

 11

A new array whose components are of type atype, of length count, is allocated from the garbage-collected heap. A reference arrayref to this new array object is pushed into the operand stack. All of the elements of the new array are initialized to the default initial values for its type (§2.5.1).

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