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Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition
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Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

by Paul J. Deitel, Harvey Deitel
June 2017
Beginner
1296 pages
69h 23m
English
Pearson
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Section 14.2 Fundamentals of Characters and Strings

  • A character literal’s value (p. 565) is its integer value in Unicode (p. 565). Strings can include letters, digits and special characters such as +, -, *, / and $. A string in Java is an object of class String. String literals (p. 566) are written in a program in double quotes.

Section 14.3 Class String

  • String objects are immutable (p. 567)—after they’re created, their character contents cannot be changed.

  • String method length (p. 567) returns the number of characters in a String.

  • String method charAt (p. 567) returns the character at a specific position.

  • String method regionMatches (p. 569) compares portions of two strings for equality.

  • String method equals tests for equality. ...

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ISBN: 9780134751962