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Strings
String Objects
String objects are immutable.

The String class does not contain


any modifier methods.

new String("uiltcea");
"statechamps"
"alligator"

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String References
A String reference variable can be
changed, but the String object the
variable refers to cannot be changed.
s
String s = "uil";
out.println(s);
s = "tcea"; "uil" "tcea"
out.println(s);

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String References
A String reference variable can be changed,
but the String object the variable refers
to cannot be changed.

String s = "compsci ";


out.println(s); OUTPUT
s.toUpperCase(); compsci
out.println(s); compsci
s=s.toUpperCase(); COMPSCI
out.println(s);
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String References
String one = new String("compsci");
String two = new String("compsci");

if(one==two)
System.out.println("=="); OUTPUT
else
System.out.println("!=="); !==

== compares the String references which are the


memory addresses of the actual String objects.

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Comparing Objects

Object references can be compared


with ==.

The actual object contents can be


compared using equals() or
compareTo()

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Comparing Objects
Integer one = 90;
Integer two = 75;
OUTPUT
out.println(one.compareTo(two)); -1
out.println(two.compareTo(one));
1
two = 90; true
out.println(two.equals(one)); 0
out.println(two.compareTo(one));

compareTo() returns a negative value when A is


less than B and a positive value when A is
greater than B.
0 is returned with the A and B are the same.
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Comparing Strings

String references can be compared


with ==.

The actual String contents can be


compared using equals() or
compareTo()

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String
frequently used methods

Name Use

equals(s) checks if this string has same chars as s


compareTo(s) compares this string and s for >,<, and ==
trim() removes leading and trailing whitespace
replaceAll(x,y) returns a new String with all x changed to y
toUpperCase() returns a new String with uppercase chars
toLowerCase() returns a new String with lowercase chars

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The equals( ) method
String one = new String("compsci");
String two = new String("compsci");

if(one.equals(two))
OUTPUT
System.out.println("equal");
else equal
System.out.println("!equal");

equals() compares the values stored in the


actual String objects.

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The compareTo() method
String one = "region"; OUTPUT
String two = "uilstate"; -3
3
out.println(one.compareTo(two));
out.println(two.compareTo(one));
0

two = "region";
out.println(two.compareTo(one));

compareTo() returns the difference in ASCII


value when comparing Strings.
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The trim() method
OUTPUT
String s = " 100 ";
String trimmed = s.trim(); 100
out.println(trimmed); 900

out.println(Integer.parseInt(trimmed)*9);

trim() returns a new String with all leading and


trailing white space removed.

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Case Changing Methods
String s = "compsci"; OUTPUT
out.println(s.toUpperCase()); COMPSCI
out.println(s); compsci
out.println(s.toLowerCase()); compsci

toUpperCase() and toLowerCase() return new


Strings with the changes requested.

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The replaceAll() method
String s = "abcdef1xyzabf1";
s = s.replaceAll("1", "#");
out.println( s );
OUTPUT
abcdef#xyzabf#

replaceAll() returns a new String with all number


1s changed to # signs.

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