what is the advantage to declare a var as static instead of instance var..c

Why Static variable required in java?For ex,class A
{
static int a;
int b;
}
Why static is required?

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Answer Posted / soumya

what is the advantage to declare a var as static instead of instance var..can you please tell me in brief?

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