Java™ How To Program (Early Objects), Tenth Edition

14.3.1 String Constructors

Class String provides constructors for initializing String objects in a variety of ways. Four of the constructors are demonstrated in the main method of Fig. 14.1.

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 1   // Fig. 14.1: StringConstructors.java 2   // String class constructors. 3  4   public class StringConstructors 5   { 6      public static void main(String[] args) 7      { 8         char[] charArray = {'b', 'i', 'r', 't', 'h', ' ', 'd', 'a', 'y'}; 9         String s = new String("hello");10 11         // use String constructors              12         String s1 = new String();               13         String s2 = new String(s);              14         String s3 = new String(charArray);      15         String s4 = new