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Tulains Córdova
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Java: difference between String a = null and String a = new String()

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Tulains Córdova
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ItIt's a pretty naive question to ask but I got this doubt while programming for androidAndroid. I use to initialize my new strings like String a=null, so in my code there remains a probability to get NullPointerExceptionNullPointerException if I forget to initialize the variable before accessing it but what about the other case. Also which one should be used?

It a pretty naive question to ask but I got this doubt while programming for android. I use to initialize my new strings like String a=null, so in my code there remains a probability to get NullPointerException if I forget to initialize the variable before accessing it but what about the other case. Also which one should be used?

It's a pretty naive question to ask but I got this doubt while programming for Android. I use to initialize my new strings like String a=null, so in my code there remains a probability to get NullPointerException if I forget to initialize the variable before accessing it but what about the other case. Also which one should be used?

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Java difference between String a = null and String a = new String()

It a pretty naive question to ask but I got this doubt while programming for android. I use to initialize my new strings like String a=null, so in my code there remains a probability to get NullPointerException if I forget to initialize the variable before accessing it but what about the other case. Also which one should be used?