String can't change. But int, char can change

Question

I\'ve read that in Java an object of type String can\'t change. But int and char variables can. Why is it? Can you give me an example?

Thank you. (I am a newer -_- )

Answer 1

This little article can probably explain it better than I can: http://www.jchq.net/tutorial/09_02Tut.htm