Can I use same name for public variable and method argument in java?

Question

So, can I use same name for public variable in a class and method argument in java? for example(\"number\" is declared twice):

public class Class1 {
    publ         


        

Answer 1

Yes, if anyhow you have scope related problem then you can qualify the member using the reference this

public static String function1(String id, int number)
{
    this.number = number; 
    //here you assign the class member with the value of the parameter
}