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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition
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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

by Julie Anderson, Herve J. Franceschi
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1288 pages
39h 39m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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3.7 The String Class
As weve discussed, Java provides the char primitive data type, which stores
one character. Almost every program, however, needs a data type that
stores more than one character. Programs need to process names,
addresses, or labels of many kinds. For example, many programs involve a
login procedure where the user has to enter a user ID and a password. The
program reads the user ID and password, compares them to values stored
in a database, and allows the user to continue only if the user ID and pass-
word match the database values.
To handle this type of data, Java provides a String class. Because the String
class is part of the
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ISBN: 9780763749637