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Java Example - String Concatenation

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The following example demonstrates string concatenation using the "+" operator and the StringBuffer.append() method, and compares their performance:

StringConcatenate.java File

public class StringConcatenate {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        for(int i=0;i<5000;i++){
            String result = "This is"
            + "testing the"
            + "difference"+ "between"
            + "String"+ "and"+ "StringBuffer";
        }
        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println("String concatenation" 
        + " - using + operator : " 
        + (endTime - startTime)+ " ms");
        long startTime1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        for(int i=0;i<5000;i++){
            StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
            result.append("This is");
            result.append("testing the");
            result.append("difference");
            result.append("between");
            result.append("String");
            result.append("and");
            result.append("StringBuffer");
        }
        long endTime1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println("String concatenation" 
        + " - using StringBuffer : "
        + (endTime1 - startTime1)+ " ms");
    }
}

The above code example outputs the following results:

String concatenation - using + operator : 0 ms
String concatenation - using StringBuffer : 6 ms

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