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+/*
+ * Author: M.J Leslie.
+ * Purpose: To demonstrate the 'static' storage class 
+ */
+
+void func1(void);
+
+static count=10;		/* Global variable - static is the default */
+
+main()
+{
+  while (count--) func1();
+
+}
+
+/***************************************************************************/
+
+void func1(void)
+{
+				/* 'thingy' is local to 'func1' - it is 
+				 * only initalised at run time. Its value
+				 * is NOT reset on every invocation of
+				 * 'func1'
+				 */
+  static thingy=5;
+  thingy++;
+  printf(" thingy is %d and count is %d\n", thingy, count);
+}
+
+
+/**************************************************************************
+
+Program )/P looks like this:
+
+ thingy is 6 and count is 9
+ thingy is 7 and count is 8
+ thingy is 8 and count is 7
+ thingy is 9 and count is 6
+ thingy is 10 and count is 5
+ thingy is 11 and count is 4
+ thingy is 12 and count is 3
+ thingy is 13 and count is 2
+ thingy is 14 and count is 1
+ thingy is 15 and count is 0
+
+**************************************************************************/
+