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title: Avoid new operators outside of assignments or comparisons
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# Avoid new operators outside of assignments or comparisons

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `javascript-code-style/no-new`

**Language:** JavaScript

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

A lonely instance is almost always useless. Do not create objects without assigning them to a variable that you will use later.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
new Date()
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
var a = new Date()
var a; if (a === new Date()) { a = false; }
```
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