Difference between the static initializer block and regular static initialization

Question

As the title says, what exactly is the difference between

public static String myString = \"Hello World!\";

and

public stat         


        

Answer 1

Generally a static variable's value is shared between all instances (or the non-instance) of the Class it is defined in where a static block is a section of code that gets executed when Class is first loaded. Functionally There is no difference.