public class staticVariablesMain {

    public static void main (String [] args) {

        staticVariables member1 = new staticVariables("Drew", "Barrymore");
        staticVariables member2 = new staticVariables("Rachel", "Riley");
        staticVariables member3 = new staticVariables("Rachel", "Atherton");
        staticVariables member4 = new staticVariables("from Hunger Games", "Thingy");
        staticVariables member5 = new staticVariables("Emma", "Stone");

        /*
         * each of these variables have their own two variables but they all share the variable members.
         * Without the static variable, each constructor would need to have their own method.
         */
    }

}


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public class staticVariables {

    private String first;
    private String last;
    private static int members = 0;

    /*
     * static keyword means all objects share the same variable
     */

    public staticVariables(String ln, String fn) { // build constructor
        first = fn;
        last = ln;
        members++;

        System.out.printf("%s, %s : My girlfriend #%d\n", first, last, members);
    }



}

/*
 * Static variables, when you want all objects to share a single variable value
 */