Declaring variables

Learn about various kinds of variables in Java

There are 3 major kinds of variables.

1. Variables declared as a member of a class are called fields
2. Variables within a method or block of code - local variables
3. Variables in method declaration - parameters

This is illustrated in the image below.

Member variable (Field) declaration:

The declaration of a member variable should be      MODIFIERS        TYPE         FIELDNAME.   As an example,