And to abound in the same mould as in Raj's comment, the string object "Sang" though still in memory is no longer addressable/referentiable and could be candidate for the next garbage collection. Now the reference *name * points only to "Shin"
On 31 August 2011 07:29, Raj Chauhan <rajkr.chau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, String is immutable. Each time when you assign different value to same > string object, it is created a new object, not override the value. So as per > your code below there are two object in memory. > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:37 AM, VM <veer.mucha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Why is String considered immutable while the code below works? >> >> String name = "Sang"; System.out.println(name); >> name ="Shin"; >> System.out.println(name); >> >> -- >> To post to this group, send email to >> javaprogrammingwithpassion@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> javaprogrammingwithpassion+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en > > > -- > To post to this group, send email to > javaprogrammingwithpassion@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaprogrammingwithpassion+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en > -- Mes remerciements Thanks -- To post to this group, send email to javaprogrammingwithpassion@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaprogrammingwithpassion+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en
