Java：高分方法

Question

I have a program and want to create a simple highscore method for it. The method will only tell if the current amount of points is higher than the ones before.

public class Highscore {    
public static int Highscore(int poang) {

    int count = 0;
    int poäng1 = 0;
    int poäng2 = 0;

As you see in above, the counter is set to 0; . This is to save the first entry. However, it resets to 0 every time the method is being used. How can i recode this? Here is the rest of the code:

    if (count == 0) {
        poäng1 = poang;
        count++;
    } else if (count > 0) {         
            if (poäng2 > poäng1) {              
                poäng1 = poäng2;
            }
    }
    return poäng1; 

    }   
}

Answer 1

Local variables are redefined (and re-initialized) every time the block (in your case - a static method) is entered. If you want them to keep their value beyond the scope of that block, they should be defined outside of it.

In this case, you could have count as a (static) member:

private static int count = 0;
public static int Highscore(int poang) {
    // Code comes here