Introducing ints and Strings

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"Hi, Amigo."

"Hello, Eleanor Carrey."

"Just call me Ellie. There's no need to be so formal."

"OK, Ellie."

"I believe with my help you'll soon be one of the best. I have a lot of experience training rookies. Stick with me, and everything will be just fine. Well, let's get started."

"There are two major types in Java: String and int. We store strings/text in String, and integers (whole numbers) in int. To declare a new variable, you need to specify its type and name. The name cannot be the same as the names of any other variables and/or functions."

String s;

int i;

"You can assign values to variables when you declare them."

String s = "Ellie";

int i = 5;

"To assign a new value to a variable, we use the = sign. It is also called the 'assignment operator'. Assignment means to place into a variable a value from another variable or one computed from several variables."

int a = 5;

int b = 6;

int c = a + b;

"A variable's value can be used to compute a new value that will replace the old one."

int a = 2;

int b = 3;

a = a + b;

b = b + 1;

"You can merge strings with the + sign:"

String s1 = "Rain";
String s2 = "In";
String s3 = s1 + s2 + "Spain";

"Sometimes, strings consisting of one or more spaces can come in handy:"

String s1 = "My favorite movie is";
String s2 = "Route";
int roadNumber = 66;
String text = s1 + " " + s2 + " " + roadNumber;

"Let's take a look at how we display text and variables on the screen:"

System.out.println("A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do");

String s = "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do";
System.out.println(s);

"By the way, Diego asked me to give you a couple of exercises:"