What is var in Java 10?

Question

I was reading about the new features released in Java 10 and I found

Java 10 introduced var as a reserve type name to reduce verbosity. It

Answer 1

var is something that is already in C#. Basically, instead of declaring a variable type, it assumes its type from what it is being set to. For instance:

var myString = "Hello world"

Because you are setting it to a value in quotes, it assumes it is a String, rather than having to specify like:

String myString = "Hello world"