Static variable initailization

Re: Static variable initailization

Black Java wrote:
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> Hi There,
> I'm new to Java. Having read a bunch of books, I wonder if static
> variable is initailized by defualt value? Textbooks only indicate that
> instance variable is implicitly initailized.[/color]

Static variables are actually called class variables in Java.

Section 4.5.5 in the Java Language Specification, 2nd edition, states:
"Each class variable, instance variable, or array component is initialized
with a default value when it is created"

See
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for more information.

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Jonas Kongslund

Re: Static variable initailization

watch out because "local" variables are not initialized

"Jonas Kongslund" <[email protected] t.all> wrote in message
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> Black Java wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hi There,
> > I'm new to Java. Having read a bunch of books, I wonder if static
> > variable is initailized by defualt value? Textbooks only indicate that
> > instance variable is implicitly initailized.[/color]
>
> Static variables are actually called class variables in Java.
>
> Section 4.5.5 in the Java Language Specification, 2nd edition, states:
> "Each class variable, instance variable, or array component is[/color]
initialized[color=blue]
> with a default value when it is created"
>
> See
>[/color]
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#96595>[color=blue]
> for more information.
>
> --
> Jonas Kongslund[/color]