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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/02/2014 09:39 PM, Deb Wyatt
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a_string = "This is a string"
<div>a_string is pointing to the above string</div>
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<div>now I change the value of a_string</div>
<div>a_string = "This string is different"</div>
<div>I understand that now a_string is pointing to a different
string than it was before, in a different location.</div>
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<div>my question is what happens to the original string?? Is it
still in memory somewhere, nameless?</div>
<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
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Yes, possibly, for a short while it will be nameless in memory
somewhere. If nothing else is pointing to it, it will eventually be
garbage collected. <br>
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Gary Herron<br>
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