topic Re: regarding STATIC in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485787#M838077 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi , </P><P> Static varaibles are varaibles that retain there value even after there scope is over . They are generally used in subroutines , generally varaibles defined in a subroutine do not retain/exist outside the subroutine , so each time the subroutine is called the variable is assigned the default value.</P><P>But if a variable is defined as static then it retains it value between subroutine calls e.g. if during call 1 the varaiable is assigned value 5 , then at the beginning of the next call also it will retain this value .</P><P></P><P>hope this helped </P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Arun</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:31:34 GMT Former Member 2008-03-11T10:31:34Z regarding STATIC https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485785#M838075 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P> plz tell me what is static variable and static function ?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:50:40 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485785#M838075 Former Member 2008-03-11T05:50:40Z Re: regarding STATIC https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485786#M838076 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>look here:</P><P></P><P><A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/9f/db982c35c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm" target="test_blank">http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/9f/db982c35c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm</A></P><P></P><P>A.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:27:30 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485786#M838076 andreas_mann3 2008-03-11T10:27:30Z Re: regarding STATIC https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485787#M838077 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi , </P><P> Static varaibles are varaibles that retain there value even after there scope is over . They are generally used in subroutines , generally varaibles defined in a subroutine do not retain/exist outside the subroutine , so each time the subroutine is called the variable is assigned the default value.</P><P>But if a variable is defined as static then it retains it value between subroutine calls e.g. if during call 1 the varaiable is assigned value 5 , then at the beginning of the next call also it will retain this value .</P><P></P><P>hope this helped </P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Arun</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:31:34 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/regarding-static/m-p/3485787#M838077 Former Member 2008-03-11T10:31:34Z