String Concatenation in Java

In java, string concatenation forms a new string that is the combination of multiple strings. There are two ways to concat string in java:

  1. By + (string concatenation) operator
  2. By concat() method

Using + (string concatenation) operator

Java string concatenation operator (+) is used to add strings. For Example:

Example #1
snippet
class TestStringConcatenation1{
 public static void main(String args[]){
   String s="Sachin"+" Tendulkar";
   System.out.println(s);//Sachin Tendulkar
 }
}
Output
Output:Sachin Tendulkar

The Java compiler transforms above code to this:

String s=(new StringBuilder()).append("Sachin").append(" Tendulkar).toString();

In java, String concatenation is implemented through the StringBuilder (or StringBuffer) class and its append method. String concatenation operator produces a new string by appending the second operand onto the end of the first operand. The string concatenation operator can concat not only string but primitive values also. For Example:

Example #2
snippet
class TestStringConcatenation2{
 public static void main(String args[]){
   String s=50+30+"Sachin"+40+40;
   System.out.println(s);//80Sachin4040
 }
}
Output
80Sachin4040
Note
After a string literal, all the + will be treated as string concatenation operator.

Using concat() method

The String concat() method concatenates the specified string to the end of current string. Syntax:

Syntax
public String concat(String another)

Let's see the example of String concat() method.

Example
snippet
class TestStringConcatenation3{
 public static void main(String args[]){
   String s1="Sachin ";
   String s2="Tendulkar";
   String s3=s1.concat(s2);
   System.out.println(s3);//Sachin Tendulkar
  }
}
Output
Sachin Tendulkar
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