Java Programming: Strings and Arrays

This lecture covers fundamental programming and object-oriented programming concepts in Java, including variables, types, control structures, modularization, objects, classes, methods, inheritance, interfaces, polymorphism, and basic algorithmic concepts like recursion, search, and sorting. It serves as a prelude to the 'Object-Oriented Programming Practice' course given in the spring semester. Topics include fixed-size arrays, dynamic arrays, and strings. The lecture also delves into Unicode encoding, character sets, supplementary characters, and the relationship between Java characters and Unicode code points. Additionally, it explores the conversion between integers and characters, the Unicode standard, and the representation of characters in Java. The lecture concludes with practical examples of array assignment and comparison in Java.