How does System.out.print() work?

Question

I have worked with Java for a quite a long time, and I was wondering how the function System.out.print() works.

Here is my doubt:

Being a functi

Answer 1

It is a very sensitive point to understand how to work System.out.print. If the first element is String then plus(+) operator works as String concate operator. If the first element is integer plus(+) operator works as mathematical operator.

public static void main(String args[]) {
    System.out.println("String" + 8 + 8); //String88
    System.out.println(8 + 8+ "String"); //16String
}