How-Do/Can I set the value of a String object in Java (without creating a new String object)?
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How-Do/Can I set the value of a String object in Java (without creating a new String object)?
There are no “set” methods on
String. Strings are immutable in Java. To change the value of aStringvariable you need to assign a different string to the variable. You can’t change the existing string.Assigning doesn’t create a new object – it copies the reference. Note that even if you write something like this:
it won’t create a new string object each time it is run. The string object will come from the string pool.