Editing Member variable (section)

=== Java ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="java">
public class Program
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    	// This is a local variable. Its lifespan
    	// is determined by lexical scope.
    	Foo foo;
    }
}

public class Foo
{
    /* This is a member variable - a new instance
     of this variable will be created for each 
     new instance of Foo.  The lifespan of this
     variable is equal to the lifespan of "this"
     instance of Foo
    */

    int bar;
}
</syntaxhighlight>