Types of Variables?

[sonir shah]

Hello
What is the difference between
a) Instance Variables
b) Local Variables
c) Member Variables
Are they the same? if not give proper explainations

[Roopa Bagur]

Local Variables : variables that are declared inside a method or instance initializer blocks.They only have scope with the code block where they are declared. They have to be initialised & are not assigned any default values.
Instance Variables : variables that require you to create an instance of the class to access them. They have class scope. Member variables are instance variables & they are assigned default values.
Default values :
false for boolean type
null for object type
0 for primitives
'\u0000' for char type
arrays of object type - null in each element.
arrays of primitive type - 0 in each element.

Originally posted by sonir shah:
Hello
What is the difference between
a) Instance Variables
b) Local Variables
c) Member Variables
Hope this helps.
Anybody else.. do fill in what I have missed.
Are they the same? if not give proper explainations

[sonir shah]

Can you give me a few examples of the above types of variables showing when to use them and how ?

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Sonir,
<pre>
class VarExamples{
static int classVariable;
int instanceVariable;
void doSomething(){
int localVariable;
}
}

</pre>
Class variables and instance variables are also 'member variables'
Hope that helps.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform
Co-author Mike Meyers' Java 2 Certification Passport