To what value is a variable of the String type automatically initialized

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The default value of an String type is null.

In Java, variables of the String type are automatically initialized to null. This means that if you declare a String variable but don’t explicitly assign a value to it, it will have the default value of null. Here’s an example:

java
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String myString; // Automatically initialized to null
System.out.println(myString); // This will print "null"
}
}

It’s important to note that this automatic initialization only applies to instance variables (variables declared outside of any method or block). Local variables (variables declared within a method or block) must be explicitly initialized before they are used.