Java Array Declaration Bracket Placement

Question

I'm trying to print "Hello World" from a Java program, but I am a little confused with the main method:

public static void main(String[] args)

and

public static void main(String args[])

Both these functions perform the same task. How does this happen?

I know the function of String but not of the args.

Answer 1

In Java:

String args[]

is exactly equivalent to:

String[] args

Answer 2

You are defining a method named "main" which is public (anyone can call it), static (it's a class method, not an instance method), and returns void (does not return anything), and takes a parameter named args that is a String array.

In Java you can declare a String array as:

String[] args

or

 String args[]