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What is the difference between declaring a variable and defining a variable?

Anonymous User128324-Jul-2015

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24-Jul-2015

In declaration we just mention the type of the variable and it's name. We do not initialize it. But defining means declaration + initialization.

e.g String s; is just a declaration while String s = new String ("abcd"); Or String s = "abcd"; are both definitions.