| Declaring Variables |
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| To use any variable in a Java program, we must first declare it.
Variable declarations consist of a type and a variable name: |
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int myAge;
String myName;
boolean isTired; |
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| Variable definitions can go anywhere in a method definition (that is, anywhere a
regular Java statement can go), although they are most commonly declared at the
beginning of the definition before they are used: |
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public static void main (String args[]) {
int count;
String title;
boolean isAsleep;
...
} |
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| We can string together variable names with the same type on one line: |
int x, y, z;
String firstName, LastName; |
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| We can also give each variable an initial value when we declare it: |
int myAge, mySize, numShoes = 28;
String myName = "eBIZ";
boolean isTired = true;
int a = 4, b = 5, c = 6; |
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If there are multiple variables on the same line with only one initializer the initial
value applies to only the last variable in a declaration.
We can also group individual variables and initializers on the same line using
commas, as with the last example.
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