why we can't assign a value to an instance variable after its declaration?

Question

Input :--
class Simple
{
int i;
i=10;
}
class Dcoder
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Simple s=new Simple();
System.out.println("Hello, Dcoder!");
System.out.println(s.i);

}
}

Output :--

source_file.java:4: error: <identifier> expected
i=10; (why is this happening?)
^
1 error

Answer 1

You need to make your variable public to access like this.

Answer 2

public int i

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Java/2156/

Answer 3

You have to declare an assign value at the same line:

class Simple
{
int i=10;

}

Answer 4

You can't assign a value outside a method or constructor.. You can use int i = 10; instead