What is the use of a private static variable in Java?

Question

If a variable is declared as public static varName;, then I can access it from anywhere as ClassName.varName. I am also aware that static members a

Answer 1

In the following example, eye is changed by PersonB, while leg stays the same. This is because a private variable makes a copy of itself to the method, so that its original value stays the same; while a private static value only has one copy for all the methods to share, so editing its value will change its original value.

public class test {
private static int eye=2;
private int leg=3;

public test (int eyes, int legs){
    eye = eyes;
    leg=leg;
}

public test (){
}

public void print(){
    System.out.println(eye);
    System.out.println(leg);
}

public static void main(String[] args){
    test PersonA = new test();      
    test PersonB = new test(14,8);
    PersonA.print();    
}

}

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