String ant = "It was a dark and stormy night." Correct. String bat = new( "A shot rang out in the dark." ); Wrong--new needs a constructor name. int cat = "123"; Wrong--can't initialize an int to a String double dog = 45.69; Correct
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The next chapter will discuss object references.