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# Static Statement

Declares a variable or an array at the procedure level within a subroutine or a function, so that the values of the variable or the array are retained after exiting the subroutine or function. Dim statement conventions are also valid.

The Static statement cannot be used to define variable arrays. Arrays must be specified according to a fixed size.

## Syntax:

    Static VarName[(start To end)] [As VarType], VarName2[(start To end)] [As VarType], ...

## उदाहरण:

    Sub ExampleStatic
    Dim iCount As Integer, iResult As Integer
        For iCount = 0 To 2
            iResult = InitVar()
        Next iCount
        MsgBox iResult,0,"The answer is"
    End Sub

    ' Function for initialization of the static variable
    Function InitVar() As Integer
        Static iInit As Integer
        Const iMinimum As Integer = 40 ' minimum return value of this function
        If iInit = 0 Then ' check if initialized
            iInit = iMinimum
        Else
            iInit = iInit + 1
        End If
        InitVar = iInit
    End Function