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Java Quick Syntax Reference
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Java Quick Syntax Reference

by Mikael Olsson
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
115 pages
1h 37m
English
Apress
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Mikael OlssonJava Quick Syntax Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3441-9_5

5. String

Mikael Olsson1 
(1)
Hammarland, Länsi-Suomi, Finland
 

The String class in Java is a data type that can hold string literals. String is a reference data type, as are all non-primitive data types. This means that the variable contains an address to an object in the memory, and not the object itself. A String object is created in the memory, and the address to the object is returned to the variable.

As seen in the following code, string literals are delimited by double-quotes. This is shorthand notation for the regular reference type initialization (creation) syntax, which uses the new keyword:

String a = "Hello";
String b = new String(" ...
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