when we write String str="mac";
and again we can initialize with str="joe";
why this happens when String is immutable where we can initialize only once for immutable object
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Somewhat related - http://stackoverflow.com/q/279507/1679863 – Rohit Jain Feb 24 '14 at 05:19
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declare string as final static – Peshal Feb 24 '14 at 05:20
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you have misunderstood initialize and immutable – lakshman Feb 24 '14 at 05:20
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1@Peshal Why `static`? Just `final` would be fine. But that isn't the question. – Rohit Jain Feb 24 '14 at 05:20
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@Rohit how do you declare the constants? – Peshal Feb 24 '14 at 05:22
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@Peshal Why do you need a constant? – Rohit Jain Feb 24 '14 at 05:24
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1Why do people downvote this question? Everybody was begginer once. – Leos Literak Feb 24 '14 at 05:24
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@LeosLiterak Because looking through tutorials and/or searching Google or Stack Overflow would have found easy answers. – chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- Feb 24 '14 at 05:45
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@chrylis yes, but downvoting is kind of rude, if he tries – Leos Literak Feb 24 '14 at 06:19
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String object is immutable, so you cannot modify its content. But you can reassign string variable to different String object.
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