OnJava8-Examples/references/Stringer.java

// references/Stringer.java
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public class Stringer {
  public static String upcase(String s) {
    return s.toUpperCase();
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String q = new String("howdy");
    System.out.println(q); // howdy
    String qq = upcase(q);
    System.out.println(qq); // HOWDY
    System.out.println(q); // howdy
  }
}
/* Output:
howdy
HOWDY
howdy
*/