Answer: Is a Java string really immutable?

answer re: Is a Java string really immutable?

Jan 6 '14

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In Java, if two string primitive variables are initialized to the same literal, it assigns the same reference to both variables:

String Test1="Hello World";
String Test2="Hello World";
System.out.println(test1==test2); // true

That is the reason the comparison returns true. The third string is created using substring() which makes a new string…

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