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Hi Friends
class B extends Thread
{
static protected int i = 0;
public void run()
{
for(; i<5; i++) System.out.println("Hello");
}
}

public class A extends B
{
public void run()
{
for(; i<5; i++)System.out.println("World");
}
public static void main(String args [])
{
Thread t1 = new B();
Thread t2 = new A();
t2.start(); t1.start();
}
}
My qus is : why it prints total five words not ten words and how to modify this code to prints either five words ("hello") or five words ("world")
Thank in advanced
 
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because variable i (the loop counter) is shared between A and B. How it executes depends on the underlying platform, but roughly when i increments to 5 then nothing gets printed anymore...
To correct that and print 5 hello's and 5 world's, just remove the static keyword in the declaration of i.
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Hi Valentin:
Thank for your explanation.
But I think class B and class A have their own static var i
(because A is subclass of B --> A inherits i from B)
Could you pls tell me which class static var i belongs to?
Thank in advanced
 
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Static stuff are not inherited..they can only be shadowed.
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like Valentin Crettaz was saying "variable i (the loop counter) is shared between A and B" and since static is not inherited
i belongs to Class B.
"But I think class B and class A have their own static var i"
No, static members belong to the class and they aren't
inherited. So, A does not have another var i.
 
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