<ul>
<li>Instance variable or class variables are the same thing are created inside a class and outside the method and can be accessed by everymethod
</li>
<li>Whereas local variables are created inside a block such as, inside method or constructor and they can be only accessed inside that block
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="heading-what-are-the-default-values-assigned-to-variables-and-instance-in-java">What are the default values assigned to variables and instance in java ?</h3>
<ul>
<li>For instance the default values are assigned by the default constructor
</li>
<li>For int -&gt; 0
</li>
<li>For boolean -&gt; false
</li>
<li>For ref -&gt; null
</li>
<li>char: ‘\u0000’ (null character
</li>
<li>String is assigned as null in case of instance variable
</li>
<li>A compiler will never assign a default value to local variable
</li>
<li>A compiler will assign the default values only for the instance variable
</li>
</ul>
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* Instance variable or class variables are the same thing  are created inside a class  and outside the method and can be accessed by everymethod
    
* Whereas local variables are created inside a block such as, inside method or constructor and they can be only accessed inside that block
    

###  What are the default values assigned to variables and instance in java ?

* For instance the default values are assigned by the default constructor
    
* For int -&gt; 0
    
* For boolean -&gt; false
    
* For ref -&gt; null
    
* char: ‘\\u0000’ (null character
    
* String is assigned as null in case of instance variable
    
* **A compiler will never assign a default value to local variable**
    
* **A compiler will assign the default values only for the instance variabl**e
    

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What are instance and local variables?

What are the default values assigned to variables and instance in java ?