why java occur error

[buklu]

public static void main( String[] args ) {
int j = 2;
String s = "";
while ( j <= 8 ) {
s += "*";
j += 2;
}
System.out.println( j + " " + s );
}
without String s = ""; there will be a error

In this case  ,System.out.println( j + " " + s );

s equal " ",Isn't " " duplicate?

[minibois]

Waaah! Please use the code tag please: https://linustechtips.com/main/announcement/12-please-use-code-tags/

But what do you mean..? Without declaring the String variable "s", you can access add anything to it? Makes sense to me.

[buklu]

3 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Waaah! Please use the code tag please: https://linustechtips.com/main/announcement/12-please-use-code-tags/

But what do you mean..? Without declaring the String variable "s", you can access add anything to it? Makes sense to me.

If i delete String s = "";   there is an error

[minibois]

1 minute ago, buklu said:

If i delete String s = "";   there is an error

Yeah, as I said you need to declare a variable before you can use it (in Java).

e.g. if I do this:

//if I do this, it wont work
someVar = 1 + anotherVar;

//this will work, because I declared the variables that are used
int someVar = 0;
int anotherVar = 4;
someVar = 1 + anotherVar;

 

Are you perhaps moving from another language to Java? Some languages allow you to just use variables without declaring them (I know PHP can do that, pretty sure Python can as well), but in Java you need to first declare a variable (say what kind of variable it will be) before you can use it.

[vorticalbox]

7 minutes ago, buklu said:

If i delete String s = "";   there is an error

well yes because you're asking for a variable that doesn't exist.

[buklu]

11 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Yeah, as I said you need to declare a variable before you can use it (in Java).

e.g. if I do this:

//if I do this, it wont work
someVar = 1 + anotherVar;

//this will work, because I declared the variables that are used
int someVar = 0;
int anotherVar = 4;
someVar = 1 + anotherVar;

 

Are you perhaps moving from another language to Java? Some languages allow you to just use variables without declaring them (I know PHP can do that, pretty sure Python can as well), but in Java you need to first declare a variable (say what kind of variable it will be) before you can use it.

what is the function of String s = ""; 

[minibois]

Just now, buklu said:

what is the function of String s = ""; 

Declaring the variable which you call 's' as a String variable.

Declaring = telling the programming language to reserve a spot in the system memory for a String variable (a String variable is a piece of characters, like letters, numbers, special characters.. etc. What we normal humans would call "a (piece of a) sentence". This piece of memory can be called by its name ("s" in your case) later in the program.

 

You say "= "";" to give variable 's' a value. Because you can't add something to nothing. The variable is empty when you declare it just like "String s;" so you can't add things like "s += "hello"" without first giving it a value. The empty quotes is just nothing that you add to it.. But it's part of declaring a variable; giving it a value.

[buklu]

2 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Declaring the variable which you call 's' as a String variable.

Declaring = telling the programming language to reserve a spot in the system memory for a String variable (a String variable is a piece of characters, like letters, numbers, special characters.. etc. What we normal humans would call "a (piece of a) sentence". This piece of memory can be called by its name ("s" in your case) later in the program.

 

You say "= "";" to give variable 's' a value. Because you can't add something to nothing. The variable is empty when you declare it just like "String s;" so you can't add things like "s += "hello"" without first giving it a value. The empty quotes is just nothing that you add to it.. But it's part of declaring a variable; giving it a value.

huge thanks,what a patient dude

[minibois]

Just now, buklu said:

huge thanks,what a patient dude

By the way if I wasn't clear on the "declaring the variable with a value" look up 'null' in programming context.