Question

In C# if we want to create a variable of type string we can use:

string str="samplestring"; // this will allocate the space to hold the string

In C#, string is a class type, so if we want to create an object, normally we have to use the new keyword. So how is allocation happening without new or constructors?

Answer 1

This is simply the C# compiler giving you a shortcut by allowing string literals.

If you’d rather, you can instantiate a string by any number of different constructors. For example:

 char[] chars = { 'w', 'o', 'r', 'd' };
 string myStr = new String(chars);