// This program shows that a static local variable is only
// initialized once.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void showStatic(); // Function prototype

int main()
{
   // Call the showStatic function five times.
   for (int count = 0; count < 5; count++)
      showStatic();
   return 0;
}

//**************************************************************
// Definition of function showStatic.                          *
// statNum is a static local variable. Its value is displayed  *
// and then incremented just before the function returns.      *
//**************************************************************

void showStatic()
{
   static int statNum = 5;

   cout << "statNum is " << statNum << endl;
   statNum++;
}