can a static method access the non static variable in java?

In this post we will see that access preference of non-static variable by static method.A non-static variable will not allow to be accessed by the static method.For this we have to declare the variable as static by using "static" keyword.

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Q.can a static method access the non static variable?
Answer : No.here is an example:
it will show non-static variable x can not be referenced from a static context,if we declare num as static (eg:static int num=10) then it will show the result Value of num is 10.

class Sample
{
  int num=10; //instancre variable
static void test()
{
System.out.print("Value of num is : "+num);
}
}

class StaticDemo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Sample.test();
}
}