Control Structures

static

Supported By

Syntax

static variableList

VariableList is a series of one or more variable names separated by commas, each optionally followed by a data type and/or initial value:

variableName [as dataType] [is initialValue]

Description

The static keyword declares a given variable name as a static variable whose contents are available to any invocation of this particular handler in this particular object. If the variable has not already been declared or used, it is created to hold a value of the specified data type and initialized to the specified initial value. If the variable has been declared or used before, its contents remain unchanged.

Notes

The following table illustrates the four different variable scopes, global, local, shared, and static:

global is accessible to any invocation of any handler in any object
shared is accessible to any invocation of any handler in this object
static is accessible to any invocation of this handler in this object
local is accessible to this invocation of this handler in this object

The default data type if none is specified is string. Other data types, particularly variant, may behave in a manner incompatible with HyperTalk, but that may be desirable.

The initial value of a variable, if not specified, is empty.

See Also

global, local, shared