This is not true. Since strings are immutable, a new string instances will be created no matter what method is used. The two are equivalent.

Cheers,
Mark


Frans Verhoef wrote:

>Hi,
>String s1 = "test" is definitely preferred, as the other version creates two objects containing "test". Also, when you assign many times "test" to a string object, than only one string is created in memory, while if you use new String("test"), a new string is created every single time.
>
>For example:
>
>String[] s = new String[1000000];
>for (int i=0; i<1000000; i++) s[i] ="test"; // uses hardly any memory
>
>for (int i=0; i<1000000; i++) s[i] = new String("test"); // uses lots of memory, as each time a new string is created
>
>Cheers,
>Frans
>
>On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:00:49 +0530, KR Kumar wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Plz let me know which one is better in terms of performace between
>> the two of the following approaches for string initialization
>>
>> String s1 = new String(?test?)
>>
>> Or
>>
>> String s1 = ?test?
>>
>> Kumar
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