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Java Java Arrays Creation Array Literal Shortcut

Steven Yang
Steven Yang
7,515 Points
Posted by Steven Yang
Steven Yang
7,515 Points

About the snack array...

Why does the teacher need to write down new String[] before giving the empty snack array the value when he already specify the String array type upon declearation of the snack array?

1 Answer

Daniel Jong
Daniel Jong
3,904 Points
Daniel Jong
Daniel Jong
3,904 Points

In Java, before giving an object value, we need to create the object by using the "new" keyword first.