{"id":10427,"date":"2022-11-10T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prepbytes.com\/blog\/?p=10427"},"modified":"2023-02-16T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:56:46","slug":"static-keyword-in-cpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepbytes.com\/blog\/static-keyword-in-cpp\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Static Keyword in C++"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this article, we will be discussing static keyword in C++. The use of static keyword in C++ is not limited to just the scope of variables as in C language where they are used to bypass the restriction of usage in their own scope making another ways possible. In static keyword C++ uses includes static members of a class such as objects and functions within the class.<\/p>\n

Static Keyword has its use in C as well as its successor C++ with slightly new features to it in the Object-oriented programming language. In C, the use of static keyword is limited to declaring or initializing variables which is not the case with use of static keyword in C++ as we will discuss further in this article what more they offer in C++.<\/p>\n

Static Variable<\/h2>\n

Usage of static keyword C++ in general is performed for a static variable as the moment it is declared, space is allocated to the variable for its lifetime and multiple calls to the function don\u2019t make reassignment of the variable as it carried throughout the lifetime of the program.<\/p>\n

Usage in function<\/h3>\n

The usage can be performed in the function while the presence of variable can be independent of life of the function as it can be used even after the function has completed its set of instructions after being called.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t