Static .. SHadows

[ThePentiumGuy]

hey

 

what does the STatic variable type do

 

and what does Shadows variable type do?

 

thanks

[PlausiblyDamp]

shadows

more shadows

static

[ThePentiumGuy]

ah - so basically

if you say

 

sub button1.click

dim x as integer

x+=1

msgbox(x)

end sub

 

you'll get 1 every time you click the button becuase its dimmed again..

 

but

 

sub button1.click

Static x as integer

x+=1

msgbox(x)

end sub

 

each time you click the button x getes incremented by 1 and it displays 1,2,3,4.. etc

 

hopefully i understood that correctly

[Procaine]

Yup, that's exactly it.

 

The way I look at it is it's a combination of a local variable (it's only accessable to the currently method) and one with class scope (it value is held between method calls).

 

It's a pretty useful thang.