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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

Posted by Mustafa Qutbuddin
Mustafa Qutbuddin
Courses Plus Student 40 Points

I am using eclipse as it is used in my institution and we dont use %s or something for string instead we use the variabl

What is the difference in using a %s for printing a string? we use the variable name instead like : String name ="abcd" System.out.print("My name is " + name);

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William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

You're quite right.

Java gives you different way to combine variable and String together, what you're doing here is called string concatenation, you're concatenating String and variable together using the + sign; another way is called String interpolation, you're inserting variable into a String using the %s formatter.

They both get the job done equally well, usually which one to use is just a matter of style, though I wanna say that if you're inserting lots of variables into a string, using String Interpolation probably makes it a bit easier to figure out how the output String gonna be by looking at the code.