Scope of static variable and methods in Java

Question

I have some doubts about usage of static method in Java. I read many places static variables are instance independent so be comes global.

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Answer 1

You have two different mains, meaning it will have 2 different execution paths. You either start with one or with the other, the value of the changed static variable is only changed for the current execution, on a different execution it always reset to the default value.

Try not to have a second main but rather a static method and then call it on the first main after the change, you will see a different result then.