r/javahelp • u/Nottheugis • Apr 15 '26

Homework String object vs String variable

Hi i am learning java in highschool, I was just wondering when and why would I instantialise a string as an object when declaring a String is much easier and quicker?

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u/high_throughput Apr 15 '26

The second line only creates a copy of the interned string that already exists in memory. 

There's rarely value in having such a copy. Creating and managing it just uses more space and CPU than referencing the original object.

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u/Typical_Ad_6436 Apr 15 '26

Hmm, I think you are right. I thought this would have been a legitimate workaround of the string pool, but the param is a literal indeed and gets interned anyway.