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cannot make a static reference to the non-static field java

Yabaduga answered on May 10, 2023 Popularity 8/10 Helpfulness 4/10

answer cannot make a static reference to the non-static field java

cannot make a static reference to the non-static field java

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Class/static variables − class/static variables belong to a class, just like instance 
variables they are declared within a class, outside any method, but, with the static 
keyword.

They are available to access at the compile time, you can access them before/without 
instantiating the class, there is only one copy of the static field available throughout 
the class i.e. the value of the static field will be same in all objects. 
You can define a static field using the static keyword.
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System.out.println(MyClass.data);
i.e. referring a variable using static reference implies to referring using the class name.

But, to access instance variables it is a must to create an object, 
these are not available in the memory, before instantiation.

Therefore, you cannot make static reference to non-static fields(variables) in Java. 
If you still, try to do so a compile time error is generated saying “non-static variable 
math cannot be referenced from a static context”.

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