Trying to wrap it up...

Hi Alexander Oaktree,

String is a datatype not a variable. If you create a variable in Java, you have to declare which type of data it can hold. Imagine variables as boxes. One box only for CD's, one only for kitchen stuff and so on.

Each box would be a variable to which you assign a name. The type of the box where all the CD's are in would be of the datatype cd. The datatype of the other box would be of the type kitchen because one box can hold only cd's and the other only kitchen stuff, but you cannot mix them.

So to summarise a little bit.

• String is a datatype and not a variable
• You declare a variable with a datatype (you tell the variable which type of data it can hold) and one of those datatypes is the type String

I hope I could clear things up a little. Let me know if you still have questions Alex.

Hi Alexander,

Variables are containers.

In Java, we have to specify what type of data each variable can hold. So, a 'String variable' just means a variable that can only hold the String data-type. You will get an error if you try to assign a number to a variable that was declared as a String.

String myString = "abcd";
int myInt = 5;
char myChar = 'a';

// and so on

Please let me know if this was helpful or not.

Cheers