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{
public BankAccount()
{
// Generates next account number to be assigned
lastAssignedNumber++;
// Updates the static field
// Assigns field to account number of this bank account
accountNumber = lastAssignedNumber;
// Sets the
instance field
}
. . .
}
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How do you initialize a static field? You can't set it in the class constructor:
public BankAccount()
{
lastAssignedNumber = 1000;
// NOȌwould reset to 1000 for
each new object
. . .
}
Then the initialization would occur each time a new instance is constructed.
Figure 4
A Static Field and Instance Fields
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