1: //: appendixa:Stringer.java 2: // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel 3: // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. 5: public class Stringer { 6: static String upcase(String s) { 7: return s.toUpperCase(); 8: } 9: public static void main(String[] args) { 10: String q = new String("howdy"); 11: System.out.println(q); // howdy 12: String qq = upcase(q); 13: System.out.println(qq); // HOWDY 14: System.out.println(q); // howdy 15: } 16: } ///:~