Static declaratoin problem?

[marko markovic]

Hi,
i could not declare a static variable in my JSp page. Why?
I tried : static int test = 0;
and get the following error:
Statement expected.
Could anyone tell me how can i declare a static variable?

$Regards

[Wolfgang Stein]

I use the following:
<%!
final static String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
%>
It also works without the keyword 'final'.
Wolfgang Stein