Types: Primitive Types & Classes

The String Class

The String class is special. It is the only class that has

• constants (strings in double-quotes)
• construction/initialization to constants
• a built-in operator (+)
• For example,

      String msg = "Hello, " + "world!";

It also has methods, such as

• length()
• equals(anotherString)
• contains(aSubString)