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Java

Rodrigo Gomez-Palacio
Rodrigo Gomez-Palacio
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Posted by Rodrigo Gomez-Palacio
Rodrigo Gomez-Palacio
1,125 Points

What exactly does the "static" word do?

What exactly does the "static" word do?

1 Answer

samy alihamad
samy alihamad
9,690 Points
samy alihamad
samy alihamad
9,690 Points

Rodrigo, You use the static keyword when you want to create a variable or method that belongs directly to a class and not an instance of that class (i.e you don't have to create an object of that class in order to use the variable or method). One example of when to use a static variable would be to keep count of how many objects have been created for a class. Here is a link that will give you some more information on this topic: http://www.programmingsimplified.com/java/source-code/java-static-method-program.

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