AP® Computer Science A glossary

String

Course: AP® Computer Science A Shows up in: Unit 1: Using Objects and Methods

A class whose objects hold a sequence of characters. String is a reference type in java.lang, and String objects are immutable.

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 1.15.A.11.15.A.2

Create a String with a string literal ("hi") or the constructor (new String("hi")). Indices run from 0 to length() - 1.

String team = "Falcons";
System.out.println(team.length());

Output:

7

Related terms

• String literal
• Immutable
• String concatenation
• substring