How to make a static array in main method in java? -

i reading arrays in java , made code calculating number of appearances of numbers in array .

public class example {      static int b[] = new int[13]; // can not static int b[] = new int[a.length] because a[] in not static array     static int count = 0;      public static void main(string[] args) {          int[] = { 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 10, 9, 1, 9, 11, 15 };         counting(a);         printcount();     }      private static void printcount() {         int k = 0;         (int = 0; < b.length; i++) {             system.out.print("number" + " " + a[k] + " " + "is found" + " "); // here error in a[k] because not static , eclipse says : cannot resolved variable             system.out.println(b[i] + " " + "times");             k++;         }         system.out.println();      }      private static void counting(int[] a) {         (int = 0; < a.length; i++) {             (int k = 0; k < a.length; k++) {                 if (a[i] == a[k]) {                     b[i] = ++count;                 }             }             count = 0;         }      } } 

i got stuck in printcount() method , there can not call a[] array in method because a[] not static in main method . tried write static int[] = { 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 10, 9, 1, 9, 11, 15 }; in main method eclipse not accept . how can make a[] static array can reached in methods in example class above ?

thank you

 public static void main(string[] args) {          int[] = { 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 10, 9, 1, 9, 11, 15 };         counting(a);         printcount(a);     } 

pass array in printcount() method.