What is the basic difference between jTextArea.setText() and jTextArea.append() methods?

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What is the basic difference between jTextArea.setText() and jTextArea.append() methods from examination point of view?

What's the basic difference between checking the documentation and asking something on SO that could easily be determined from the documentation? -1 — Andrew Thompson, Dec 27 '16 at 08:20
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the answer is easily determined by reading the documentation. — Andrew Thompson, Dec 27 '16 at 08:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '16 at 07:23

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setText replaces the text in the text area. append adds a string to the end of the existing text.

answered Dec 27 '16 at 07:23

Mureinik

okay..so append does the work of concatenation? – Garvit Sharma Dec 27 '16 at 07:25
@GarvitSharma yup, exactly. – Mureinik Dec 27 '16 at 07:27

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