Question from valiveru mock exam

[sanjana narayanan]

Hi,
I would like to know the answer for this question. How many strings are created in the follo program.
String s1,s2,s3,s4;
s1 = "Hello";
s2 = s1; //s2="Hello"
s3 = s2 + "Pal"; //s3="Hello Pal"
s4 = s3;//s4="Hello Pal"
According to me, 2 strings(Hello & Hello Pal) are created. But the ans given is 3.
can anyone explian this?
-Sanjana

[David Hadiprijanto]

Sanjana,

  
  s3 = s2 + "Pal"; //s3="Hello Pal"

in the above line, two strings are created, "Pal" and "Hello Pal".
Hence, the answer to the question is 3 strings are created, "Hello", "Pal", and "Hello Pal".
Hope this helps.

[dennis zined]

A new String is created at s1. s2 points to the same string as s1 but no new strings are created. A new String "Pal" is created (which makes the count now to 2) and another string forming "Hello Pal" (count now is three). s4 points to the same string as s3 but no new strings are created.

[srini v]

Dear All:
In debug mode, when constructing a string, I want go into string constructor source.
I am using JBuilder6.
Cheers

[dennis zined]

In debug mode, when constructing a string, I want go into string constructor source

IDE's and Other Tools should be the proper forum for your post

[sanjana narayanan]

Thank u guys..
-Sanjana