Tag: instance-variables

Does final variables occupy memory on a per-instance basis?

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I have read other question-answers regarding final instance variables and i came to knew that non-static final instance variables are created in heap for every instance of the class but in java -the complete reference by herbert schildt it is said that : Variables declared as final do not occupy memory on a per-instance basis .thus, a final variable is

What is an instance variable in Java?

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My assignment is to make a program with an instance variable, a string, that should be input by the user. But I don’t even know what an instance variable is. What is an instance variable? How do I create one? What does it do? Answer Instance variable is the variable declared inside a class, but outside a method: something like: