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Expand Up @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class Greeter(prefix: String, suffix: String):

The return type of the method `greet` is `Unit`, which signifies that there is nothing meaningful to return. It is used similarly to `void` in Java and C. (A difference is that, because every Scala expression must have some value, there is actually a singleton value of type Unit, written (). It carries no information.)

You can make an instance of a class with the `new` keyword:
In Scala 2 you can make an instance of a class with the `new` keyword. In Scala 3, however, the `new` keyword is not needed thanks to [universal apply methods](https://docs.scala-lang.org/scala3/reference/other-new-features/creator-applications.html):

{% tabs greeter-usage class=tabs-scala-version %}

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