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Static statement Static Statement [Runtime] 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], ... Example: 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 REM Function for initialization of the static variable Function InitVar() As Integer Static iInit As Integer Const iMinimum as Integer = 40 REM minimum return value of this function if iInit = 0 then REM check if initialized iInit = iMinimum else iInit = iInit + 1 end if InitVar = iInit End Function