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Concatenation of null keyword to a String

 
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Hi all i have a code bit from www.javachamp.com . The code is as follows:-


In statement2 if i give System.out.println(null) it gives me a compiler error , however null+stmt gives me null null as output . According to me in statement2 the compiler reads the null keyword has to be appended to stmt , so the compiler should give me an error . However the compiler gives me null null as output .

 
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In statement2 if i give System.out.println(null) it gives me a compiler error



But which overloaded method would a compiler call since null does not belong to any type ?

According to me in statement2 the compiler reads the null keyword has to be appended to stmt , so the compiler should give me an error . However the compiler gives me null null as output .



SOP treats null in a special way. It converts them to "null" strings when concatenated with other string types.
 
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hi
i am not getting this question and solution?
can anyone please detail it?


 
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so can we say that System.out.println(anything+string); --> output = string ??
 
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See the documentation of String.valueOf method. String concatenation works on its rules. It says that if null is passed to that method, then the String value "null" is returned. Basically when you write "a"+"b", then the compiler uses StringBuffer class to concatenate these Strings and if you check the documentation of append method of StringBuffer class, you'll see that it works on same principle as String.valueOf method...
 
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i tried looking for the method String.valueOf() in K&B but didnt find it.. im guessin its been ommitted for scjp 6.. but even i did not understand the explanation that was provided related to the null null result.. could someone please elaborate..
thanks in advance..
 
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Here, arguments to print in third statement are concatenated before print takes place. so string buffer is used to concatenate 2 strings. which will result in nullnull. that is printed using SOP statement.
 
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vaibhav teli wrote:i tried looking for the method String.valueOf() in K&B but didnt find it.. im guessin its been ommitted for scjp 6.. but even i did not understand the explanation that was provided related to the null null result.. could someone please elaborate..
thanks in advance..



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Rikesh Desai wrote:so can we say that System.out.println(anything+string); --> output = string ??



Is this correct??
 
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Rikesh Desai wrote:

Rikesh Desai wrote:so can we say that System.out.println(anything+string); --> output = string ??



Is this correct??



Have you tried it?

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