sun sites java Sample Question ??

[sunil choudhary]

5. Which correctly creates an array of five empty Strings (select all that apply)?
a>String a [ ] = new String [5]; for (int i = 0; i < 5; a[i++] = ""); <br /> b>String a [ ] = {"", "", "", "", ""};
c>String a [5];
d>String [ ] a = new String [5]; for (int i = 0; i < 5; a[i++] = null); <br /> e>String [5] a;


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the correct answers are A and B.
Now I want to know why not D?
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[Vlad G]

There's no Strings created in d.
-VG.

[Randall Twede]

the answer is that a null string is not the same thing as an empty string.
String s;
System.out.println(s)//prints "null"
String s = "";
System.out.println(s)//prints nothing

[Ananda Kashyap]

Surprisingly, when I run the program it promped null in both the cases, Not blank and null, why? Are both the same? Then I have doubt about the original question. If it's null for A then A is also wrong answer. For your info. I have been using JDK 1.3.

[sunil choudhary]

Thanks Randell
I get your point.
in 1.2 it works fine
Albait:-> I had to assign the string to null.
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