java - count button clicks

Question

I want to count the number of times the button is clicked using GUI.

I did this code:

private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) 
 {                                         
  int clicked = 0;
  clicked++;
  System.out.println(clicked);
 }    

But it showing the output "1", each time I click the button.

I want every time I click the button to show me the count.

ex: If I click the button two times it should give me output of "2".

Answer 1

You are resetting the counter every time you click, because you have defined the variable inside the action method. Try not doing that.

int clicked = 0; // move this outside
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) 
{                                         
    // int clicked = 0; -- this resets it to 0 each time
    clicked++;
    System.out.println(clicked);
}