Consider the Following Two Lines of Code

question 34

Multiple Choice

Consider the following two lines of code. What can you say about s1 and s2?
String s1 = "testing" + "123";
String s2 = new String("testing 123") ;

• A) s1 and s2 are both references to the same String object
• B) the line declaring s2 is legal Java; the line declaring s1 will produce a syntax error
• C) s1 and s2 are both references to different String objects
• D) s1 and s2 will compare "equal"
• E) none of the above

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