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What is a static block?

A static block, is a block of code inside a Java class that will be executed when a class is first loaded into the JVM. Mostly the static block will be used for initializing the variables.

Static block will be called only one while loading and it cannot have any return type, or any keywords (this or super).

It is also called as Initializer block.

class MyClass
{
	static int val;
	static{
      val = 100;
    }
}

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Java / static keyword

What is a static block?

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