Cascaded String Operations

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Answer:

It creates a new String which is a lower case version of the original string.

Cascaded String Operations

Sometimes a method of a String creates another String, and then a method of that second String is invoked to create a third String (and so on). This is sometimes called a cascade. Usually a cascade involves intermediate temporary objects. Look at these lines of code:

     String burns = "My love is like a red, red rose.";

     . . . . . .

     if ( burns.toLowerCase().startsWith( "  MY LOVE".trim().toLowerCase() ) )
       System.out.println( "Both start with the same letters." ); 
     else
       System.out.println( "Prefix fails." );

Hint: decide what the parameter is by carrying out the operations of " MY LOVE".trim().toLowerCase(). Then decide what string invokes the startsWith() method.

QUESTION 26:

What does the above write to the monitor?