Answers to Self-Review Exercises

14.1

a) False. String objects are compared using operator == to determine whether they’re the same object in memory.

b) False. String objects are immutable and cannot be modified after they’re created. StringBuilder objects can be modified after they’re created.

14.2

a) s1.equals(s2)

b) s1 += s2;

c) s1.length()

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