Confused about a sample program

Question

Here's and example from a book I'm reading on Java. It's about the new keyword, but I was wondering what the "StringTokenize st1, st2 does" I know StringTokenizer is a class. Is it creating two new instances of StringTokenizer? If so, then why use 'new' for each instance?
import. java.tuil.StringTokenizer;
class TokenTester {
     public static void main(String[] arguments) {
          StringTokenizer st1, st2;
          String quote1 = "VIZY 3 -1/16";
          st1 = new String Tokenizer (quote1);
          System.out.println ("Token 1: " + st1.nextToken ());
          System.out.println ("Token 2: " + st1.nextToken ());
          System.out.println ("Token 3: " + st1.nextToken ());
          String quote2 = "NPLI@9 27/32@3/32";
          st2 = new String Tokenizer (quote2, "@");
          System.out.println ("Token 1: " + st2.nextToken ());
          System.out.println ("Token 2: " + st2.nextToken ());
          System.out.println ("Token 3: " + st2.nextToken ());
}

Answer 1

Straitsfan wrote:
Thanks. I'm just starting out, and so far the only declarations of variables I've come across in the examples are for primitive data types and strings, characters, etc. I was a little unfamiliar with the idea of using a class to declare a variable.Read this: http://www.javaranch.com/campfire/StoryCups.jsp It will seriously help you understand variables
I'm trying to understand the API documents, but I'm still learning and having a tough time doing it -- unfamiliar with a lot of the terms/concepts still.Keep at it, it make sense eventually
By the way, I'm getting a lot of emails for posts that I didn't write -- I've added my topics to my watch list, but I just want the topics I've posted to be forwarded to me. Is there a way to fix this?Um, check over there -> in forum settings