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Gitesh Ramchandani Ranch Hand Joined: Feb 28, 2007 Posts: 274

Doubt with String method "replace"

posted 8/28/2007 4:41 PM

What is the output (Assuming written inside main) String s1 = new String("amit"); System.out.println(s1.replace('m','r')); System.out.println(s1); String s3="arit"; String s4="arit"; String s2 = s1.replace('m','r'); //WHY false? System.out.println(s2==s3); System.out.println(s3==s4); Ans: arit amit false true My doubt: Why is this false String s2 = s1.replace('m','r'); s1.replace('m','r') will create a new string "arit" which already exists in the string pool (which is s2), so why are we getting a false. pls help, regards, gitesh

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Akhilesh Trivedi Ranch Hand Joined: Jun 22, 2005 Posts: 1493

posted 8/28/2007 4:46 PM

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posted 8/28/2007 4:46 PM

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praveen oruganti Ranch Hand Joined: Feb 05, 2007 Posts: 73

posted 8/28/2007 5:27 PM

Originally posted by Gitesh Ramchandani: What is the output (Assuming written inside main) String s1 = new String("amit"); System.out.println(s1.replace('m','r')); System.out.println(s1); String s3="arit"; String s4="arit"; String s2 = s1.replace('m','r'); //WHY false? System.out.println(s2==s3); System.out.println(s3==s4); Ans: arit amit false true My doubt: Why is this false String s2 = s1.replace('m','r'); s1.replace('m','r') will create a new string "arit" which already exists in the string pool (which is s2), so why are we getting a false. pls help, regards, gitesh

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{ public static void main(String args[]) { String s1 = new String("amit"); System.out.println(s1.replace('m','r')); System.out.println(s1); String s3="arit"; String s4="arit"; String s2 = s1.replace('m','r'); //WHY false? System.out.println(s2); System.out.println(s2.equals(s3)); System.out.println(s3==s4); } } output: arit amit arit true true Just analyze the above example then you can understand the concept

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posted 8/29/2007 2:45 AM

here s1 is runtime object not compile time object. so it is giving false.

posted 8/29/2007 2:36 PM

source: Amit Poddar-Q11

posted 8/29/2007 2:56 PM

i came to understand two things: 1. s1.replace() is a run-time object. 2. If i have String s="gitesh"; and String s1="gitess"; String s2=s.replace('h','s');

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then s2 will not point to the s1 string in the string pool, instead will create a new string "gitess", because "gitess" is not present at compile-time. Is my understanding correct?

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