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Strings
A string is any sequence of characters – letters, digits, spaces, punctuation, and other “special characters” placed between the quotes.
A few examples on strings: "abc", "12345", "<}{>", "!", "".
To print something out, use one of the following statements:
//if a statement has to be printed and the cursor must be placed on a new line, use println
System.out.println("Hello, world!")
// if several print statements have to be printed on the same line, use print
System.out.print("Hello, world!")
These statements are used to print out the string "Hello, world!".
printlnorprint- these methods print a line of text;Systemclass and itsoutstream are used to access the print method;- a string must be surrounded by a pair of double quotes.
Non-printable and control characters can be represented by an escape sequence, which begins with a back-slash \ followed by a pattern. The commonly-used escape sequences are:
| Escape Sequence | Description |
| \n | new line |
| \r | carriage-return |
| \t | tab |
| \" | double-quote |
| \' | single-quote |
| \\ | back-slash |
Self-assessment
What is the output of the following program?
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args){
String word = "Hello";
System.out.println(word + ", World!");
System.out.println(word + 123);
System.out.println(123 + "123" + 12 +3);
}
}
Run the code in IntelliJ and check your answer!
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