Simple Question

[Aslam]

What's wrong in following code,

class temp {
public static void main(String args[]) {
static int i=10;
}
}

Why can not i have a static variable in a static function?

Static variables are associated with a class and not methods.A static variable is a single copy for a class and can be accessed using class name.A variable declared in a method has scope limited to the function and how is it possible to access a variable in a method using method name .I think this type of declaration hold good in C and not in Java(OOPS languages).

Why not just make the static variable a class variable (move it to the class declaration)? The effect will be the same, and it will be in the same namespace.

So you would have:

class temp {
private static int i=10;

public static void main(String args[]) {
}
}