[Gambas-user] Keep variable value between subroutine calls?

[Benoît Minisini]

> I'm having trouble getting my mind around how to do something in Gambas,
> and I'm hoping that someone can explain (or even better, show) how to do
> it.
>
> As part of an application I'm trying to write, I need to be able to
> change a variable in a subroutine and still have the value available the
> next time the subroutine is called. I _used_ to think that this was
> called a "static" variable, but now I'm not so sure any more :-)
>
> How can I keep the value of a variable intact between calls to the same
> subroutine?
>
> sub Routine()
>    V as integer
>
>    select case V
>        case 0
>          V = 3
>        case 1
>          V = 2
>        case 2
>          V = 0
>        case 3
>          V = 1
>        case else
>          V = 0
>    end select
>
> end
>
> Each time I call the subroutine, I want it to "remember" what "V" was.
> How?
>
> DMerriman

You must declare your static variable globally, as you cannot do that locally 
in Gambas.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît