about "static block"(静态块)

When I study the SC of the algorithms, I firstly know static block.
What’s static block?

static{

}

why do we use it?
answer: to initialize the variables of static in the class.
when is it be execute?
answer: while the class that this static block belongs to is loaded to memory.
other

public class StaticBlock {
    public static int a;
    static {
        System.out.println("static blocks");
        a=3;
        System.out.println("a "+a);
        int a=1; *//homonym is allowed.*
        System.out.println("a "+a);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        StaticBlock sb=new StaticBlock();
        System.out.println("a "+a);
    }
}

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