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This document discusses class constants, local variables, and the rules for identifiers in Java programming. It provides an example of using constants, explains what local variables are and how they differ from parameters and data members, and summarizes the key points about constants and local variables.

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Java Lesson 4

This document discusses class constants, local variables, and the rules for identifiers in Java programming. It provides an example of using constants, explains what local variables are and how they differ from parameters and data members, and summarizes the key points about constants and local variables.

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Java Programming: Class Constants

and Local Variables


Dr. May Phyo Thu
Lecturer

https://blogs.ashrithgn.com
Objectives

• To understand the usage of constants for the class

• To know the declaration of local variables

• To learn the rules related with identifiers

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Class Constants

• The use of constants

• provides a meaningful description of what the values stand for, for example,
number = UNDEFINED; is more meaningful than number = -1
• provides easier program maintenance

• only need to change the value in the constant declaration instead of locating all
occurrences of the same value in the program code

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A Sample Use of Constants

import java.util.Random;

class Dice {
private static final int MAX_NUMBER = 6;
private static final int MIN_NUMBER = 1;
private static final int NO_NUMBER = 0;
private int number;
private Random random;

public Dice( ) {
random = new Random();
number = NO_NUMBER;
}
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Cond

public void roll( ) {


number =
random.nextInt(MAX_NUMBER -
MIN_NUMBER + 1) + MIN_NUMBER;
}
public int getNumber( ) {
return number;
}
}

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Local Variables

• Local variables are declared within a method declaration and used for temporary
services, such as storing intermediate computation results.

public double convert(int num) {

double result; local variable

result = Math.sqrt(num * num);

return result;
}

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Local, Parameter & Data Member

• An identifier appearing inside a method can be a local variable, a parameter, or a


data member.
• The rules are:

• If there’s a matching local variable declaration or a parameter, then the


identifier refers to the local variable or the parameter.
• Otherwise, if there’s a matching data member declaration, then the identifier
refers to the data member.
• Otherwise, it is an error because there’s no matching declaration.

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Summary

• After you have studied this lesson, you should know

• how to use constants, a meaningful description of what the values stand for

• about local variables

• the rules for identifiers appearing inside a method

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Next Lesson

• selection control using if statement

• selection control using nested if statement

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