Data Types and Variables

Variable in Java is a data container that stores the data values during Java program execution. Every variable is assigned a data type, which designates the type and quantity of values it can hold. Variable is a memory location name of the data. The Java variables have mainly three types: Local, Instance and Static.

Data Types are divided into two group -

• Primitive - byte,short,int,long,float,double,boolean and char
• Non-Primitive - String, Arrays and Classes

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