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    Lightbulb Help to understand the code!

    Hello, everyone! I'm learning JAVA for applying to a job exam and I'd like to know what is really happening (output) in the code below that was used in a previous exam. Thank you so much for your attention and participation.

    [code = Java]
    public class Va1 {
    public static String getStr() {
    return “abcdefghijklmnop“;
    }
    public String ini(String s, int cpr) {
    return s.substring(0, cpr);
    }
    public String fin(String s, int cpr) {
    return ini(s, cpr)+s.substring(s.length()-cpr, s.length());
    }
    }
    public class Va2 extends Va1 {
    public static String getStr() {
    return “0123456789ABCDEF“;
    }
    public String ini(String s, int cpr) {
    return s.substring(s.length()-cpr, s.length());
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    Va1 o=new Va2();

    System.out.println(o.fin(o.getStr(), 5));
    }
    }
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    Default Re: Help to understand the code!

    what is really happening (output)
    Can you also post the output and add some questions to it where you do not understand.
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    Default Re: Help to understand the code!

    what is happening here? :

    ...
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    Va1 o=new Va2();
    ...

    I thought the getStr() would return the string "0123456789ABCDEF" instead of "abcdefghijklmnop", but I was wrong.
    Last edited by Norm; January 5th, 2023 at 06:45 PM. Reason: Fixed code tag

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    Default Re: Help to understand the code!

    what is happening here?
    That code defines the static method main
    Inside the method a reference variable(Va1) is declared and assigned a value (a reference to an instance of the Va2 class).

    getStr is declared as a static method. static methods should be called using the name of the class, not with a reference variable: Va1.getStr() or Va2.getStr()
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