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maxima

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Nickname: maxima
Registered: Nov, 2003

static keyword in java

Posted: Dec 24, 2003 11:00 AM

i have seen many times use of static keyword in java program.

Only i know static is a class property. all of the instances would get the same property( of course if i create instances)

but what is the meaning of a static array??

code is something like below...

 static String name[] = { NewYork,Canada,.....,Brazil }
// then here are the code for the Alphabetical Sorting

i simply want to know what is job of static here??? plz note i am not creating any instances here.
thanks

raghunandan.n

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Nickname: bhima
Registered: Jan, 2004

Re: static keyword in java

Posted: Jan 2, 2004 3:45 AM

hi maxima
u know that when u create a variable by the name static it
can be shared by all the instances of the class
static array is similar to array in the sence that
u r telling the compiler specifically the data is going to
be the same or unchanged
u know vector is a dynamic array
if u know this u can get the idea
good luck

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