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1 Answer
Brandon Khan
21,619 PointsIts the same across all instances of the class.
If you have a class with a static variable then make two instances of that class they will return the same value. Even if you only change it in one of the classes. An example they used was if you have 10 bad guys in a video game then they have a static int totalBads = 10. If you have a function that says if i get killed lower totalBads by 1. It will change totalBads in in every bad guy you have active. If you had a no static variable int hp = 10 and this value gets changed it will only get changed in the bad guy that had the change happen....
I hope this helped... here is some documentation too. https://www.javatpoint.com/static-keyword-in-java
Rafał Szarszewski
1,044 PointsRafał Szarszewski
1,044 Pointsi think its more clear now for me, thanks ; )