Java Reference
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String Literals
Java supports one other type of literal: the string. A
string
is a set of characters enclosed by
double quotes. For example,
is a string. You have seen examples of strings in many of the
println( )
statements in the
preceding sample programs.
In addition to normal characters, a string literal can also contain one or more of the es-
cape sequences just described. For example, consider the following program. It uses the
\n
and
\t
escape sequences.
The output is shown here:
Ask the Expert
Q
:
Is a string consisting of a single character the same as a character literal? For
example, is "k" the same as 'k'?
