Re: Concept of static variables in Lua (like C)

[TNHarris <telliamed@...>]

On Saturday, July 07, 2012 03:12:35 PM meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  is there a concept of static local variable in function
>  as it exist in C?
> 

Lexical scoping and upvalues provide it.

in C:

    int increment(){
        static int N = 0;
        N = N + 1;
        return N;
    }

in Lua:

    local N = 0
    function increment()
        N = N + 1
        return N
    end

-- 
tom <telliamed@whoopdedo.org>