Initialize multiple variables at the same time after a type has already been defined in Java?

Question

Need a little bit of help with syntax here. I\'m trying to re-initialize multiple variables after the type has already been defined. So for example

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Answer 1

I think you are confused as to be behavior of int bonus, sales, x, y = 50;. It initializes y to 50 and leaves the rest uninitialized.

To initialize all of them to 50, you have to:

int bonus = 50, sales = 50, x = 50, y = 50;

You can then change their values:

bonus = 25;
x = 38;
sales = 38;

// or compact
bonus = 25;   x = 38;   sales = 38;

// or to same value
bonus = x = sales = 42;

Unlike the C language where you can use the comma syntax anywhere, in Java you can only use that when declaring the variables, or in a for loop: for (i=1, j=2; i < 10; i++, j+=2)