Strings in Java are fundamental objects representing sequences of characters, characterized by their immutability and the ability to be combined through concatenation.
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Welcome back to Code Chef. Have you ever
written your name in a program or stored
a sentence in Java? That's when strings
come in. Java's way of handling text.
Whether it's a username, a message, or a
paragraph, strings are everywhere in
programming. Think of a string like a
necklace of beads. Each bead is a
character and the necklace represents
the whole word or sentence. Once the
necklace is made, you can admire it,
copy it, or attach it to another
necklace, but you can't change the
original beads. That's immutability in
action. In Java, a string is an object
that represents a sequence of
characters. Strings are immutable,
meaning once created, their content
cannot be changed. You can create
strings using quotes like hello or the
new string constructor and combine them
using concatenation with the plus sign.
Let's see a simple example.
Suppose we write the following code.
Java creates greeting and name as
separate strings. Concatenating them
with the plus operator produces hello
abhe and stores it in message. When we
print message, the output is exactly
hello abhe. A few quick tips.
Strings are immutable. So modifying a
string actually creates a new one.
Concatenation with plus is simple. But
if you do many concatenations in a loop,
using string builder is more efficient.
You can also combine literals,
variables, and even numbers in
concatenation. For example, age plus 21
becomes age 21. Now it's your turn. Try
the code chef problem called greeting
message. You'll read a user's name and
print a personalized greeting using
strings. The perfect way to practice
what you've learned today. You learned
that strings in Java are sequences of
characters. They're immutable by nature
and can be combined using concatenation.
These basics are essential for handling
text in all Java programs. Keep
practicing, keep coding, and remember
code. Debug, repeat. Build mastery with
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