How do I concatenate two strings in Java?

Question

I am trying to concatenate strings in Java. Why isn\'t this working?

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Answer 1

The concatenation operator in java is +, not .

Read this (including all subsections) before you start. Try to stop thinking the php way ;)

To broaden your view on using strings in Java - the + operator for strings is actually transformed (by the compiler) into something similar to:

new StringBuilder().append("firstString").append("secondString").toString()