Static Member Variables 1

• Keyword static
  1. inherited from C, retains its C meaning
  2. also adds semantics in context of classes
• Principle - static associates with the class itself instead of with specific objects of the class

class IntArray
{
public:
  IntArray  ( size_t sz = 10 , int ivalue = 0 );
  ...
public:
  static unsigned int objectCount_; // the number of objects currently in existence

private:
  size_t size_;
  int *  data_;
} ;