The constructor String(java.lang.String) is undefined

Question

Im going over a study guide for a test that I have soon and decided to go into DrJava and try to figure something with String out. It worked fine once but now I keep getting the error "The constructor String(java.lang.String) is undefined and cant continue writing my code. I've looked up the different ways to write a string and none are working. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

public class StudyGuide {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String str = new String("Write a method that replicates toCharArray");
      System.out.println("The string says:");
   }
}

Answer 1

Don't use the constructor for making String objects. Instead, use this:

String str= "Write a method that replicates toCharArray";

Then your program would look something like this:

public class StudyGuide {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String str = new String("Write a method that replicates toCharArray");
   System.out.println("The string says: "+str);
   }
}