Declaring static variable.

[jose chiramal]

 
public static void main(String args[])
	{
		static int l=0;   // i get error : Illegal modifier for paramter l; only final is permitted.
		int j = 2; 

}  

Iam able to declare & initialise local variable j however when i try to mention a static variable it gives me error. It doesnt give me any error outside the main. Why so ? Since main is mentioned inside a class shouldnt the static variable get associated with the class having the main method ??

Please assist in understanding this.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

You can't declare static variables inside a method, in main or in any other method. "static" makes sense only for member variables, and variables declared inside a method are local variables, not members.

Java's "static" is unlike the same keyword in "C" in this way -- in C, you can use "static" inside a function -- and so perhaps that's why you're expecting it to work in Java. But it doesn't.

[jose chiramal]

Thanks a lot Ernest Friedman-Hill in helping me understand is.