String class constructors : String « Data Type « Java Tutorial

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public class MainClass 
{
   public static void main( String args[] )
   {
      char charArray[] = { 'b', 'i', 'r', 't', 'h', ' ', 'd', 'a', 'y' };
      String s = new String( "hello" );

      // use String constructors
      String s1 = new String();
      String s2 = new String( s );
      String s3 = new String( charArray );
      String s4 = new String( charArray, 6, 3 );

      System.out.printf("s1 = %s\ns2 = %s\ns3 = %s\ns4 = %s\n", 
         s1, s2, s3, s4 );
   }
}

s1 = 
s2 = hello
s3 = birth day
s4 = day