Immutability of Strings in Java

Question

Consider the following example.

String str = new String();

str  = \"Hello\";
System.out.println(str);  //Prints Hello

str = \"Help!\";
System.out.println(s         


        

Answer 1

Or you can try:

public class Tester
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
 String str = "Mississippi"; 
 System.out.println(str); // prints Mississippi 
 System.out.println(str.hashCode());

 str = str.replace("i", "!"); 
 System.out.println(str); // prints M!ss!ss!pp! 
 System.out.println(str.hashCode());
 }
 }

This will show how the hashcode changes.