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I have a class with a constructor

public class Test {
  private static String name;

  public Test(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  public static String getName() {
    return this.name;
  }
}

Here I've created 2 instances of the constructor and used System.out.println() to output the "getName()" function from both instances in the terminal

Test test = new Test("Tom");
Test test1 = new Test("Kenny");

System.out.println(test.getName());
System.out.println(test2.getName());

output:

Tom
Tom

Both of the outputs we're "Tom", how would I make it to where test.getName() outputs "Tom" and test2.getName() outputs "Kenny

I've looked for answers on StackOverFlow, google, etc and can't find anything so help would be very much appreciated

PeytonPlayz595
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Your field is static, meaning that all objects you create for this class share the same value.

private static String name -> private String name

For non-static fields every object has it's own value.

TomekK
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