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STATIC

Makes the specified variable local to a subprogram or function and directs QBasic to preserve the variable’s value between calls.

Syntax

STATIC variable[ AS typename] [, variable[ AS typename]]…

Comments

variable is the name of the variable to make static.

typename is the variable’s type: INTEGER, LONG, SINGLE, DOUBLE, STRING or a user-defined type.

Example

CALL Test
CALL Test
END

SUB Test
  STATIC a AS INTEGER
  PRINT a 
  a = a + 1 
END SUB

Results in:

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