Hello ,
I went through local variables and class variables concept.

But I had stuck at a doubt
" Why is it so that we cannot declare local variables as static " ?

For e.g
Suppose we have a play( ) function :

void play( )  
{  
  static int i=5;  
  System.out.println(i);  
}

It gives me error in eclipse : Illegal modifier for parameter i;

I had this doubt because of the following concepts I have read :

1. Variables inside method : scope is local i.e within that method.
2. When variable is declared as static , it is present for the entire class i.e not to particular object.

Please could anyone help me out to clarify the concept.

Thanks.