STRING objects

[chintan ramavat]

Hello ranchers

want to know bit about Strings

String s1 = new ("Java");
String s2 = "abc";


I think here total 4 objects will be created technically

2 of them for non-pool memory i.e. s1 and s2
2 of String pool i.e. java, abc ; which are the new values in pool ;

I am confused about it, would you help me out ?
Thanks in advance

- chintan

[Keith Lynn]

Originally posted by chintan ramavat:
Hello ranchers

want to know bit about Strings

String s1 = new ("Java");
String s2 = "abc";


I think here total 4 objects will be created technically

2 of them for non-pool memory i.e. s1 and s2
2 of String pool i.e. java, abc ; which are the new values in pool ;

I am confused about it, would you help me out ?
Thanks in advance

- chintan

I would say there are 3 objects. s1 and s2 are references to Strings. But there is one object created by new if you include the word String, and then two String literals.
[ March 01, 2007: Message edited by: Keith Lynn ]

[chintan ramavat]

Hi Lynn

so if i do,

String s1 = new String ("ABC");
String s2 = new String ("DEF"):

how many here will be created ?


String s1 = new ("Java");
String s2 = new ("def");

how many here will be created ?

- I think String references are maintained in non-pool so to me whenever we do String s there's one new reference to string , but still i am not clear about String pool literals or values ? can you explain me ?

Thanks lynn

- chintan

[Keith Lynn]

Anytime you use the new keyword, an object will be created. When you use a String literal, implicitly a String object is created, and any other String reference assigned to that literal will refer to that same object.

[Priya Viswam]

Good one

http://www.javaranch.com/journal/200409/Journal200409.jsp#a1

[Neo Phesus]

I was about to send reply with the same URL...
This forum rocks !!

[Faisal Ahmad]

Originally posted by chintan ramavat:

String s1 = new ("Java");
String s2 = new ("def");

That's absolutely wrong Chintan! Please correct it. It can be,

String s1 = new String("Java");
String s2 = new String("def");

Did you notice what you have missed? Alright, if you do not want to use "new", then it becomes

String s1 = "Java";
String s2 = "def";

Hth,

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Neo Phesus:
I was about to send reply with the same URL...

Me too.