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Q&A

Q1:	How can I set the value of a string variable to be blank?
A1:	A pair of double quotation marks without any text between them is considered to be an empty string. You can set a string variable equal to this upon its creation or in other parts of your programs. The following code creates a new string variable called adaSays and sets it to nothing: String adaSays = "";
Q2:	Is there a way to make the text in one println() statement start right at the end of the text in the preceding println() statement? I don't want the second println() statement to start at the beginning of a new line, but it always does.
A2:	Java automatically ends each System.out.println() statement with its own new line, so the only way to prevent this is to use a statement ...