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Than Win Hline
1,679 Points__super__
I understand when super is used for subclass. but why in Kenneth videos super is also used in parent class. Another question is what is the main purpose for using new. Can anyone please explain me clearly.
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Steven Parker
231,268 PointsEver class has a parent, even if it is a parent of another class. If you don't give it one explicitly it has "Object" as a parent.
And the keyword "new" is used to create an object instance.