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Re: How to have function local variable but must behave just a simple one

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From: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Budi <budikusasi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: How to have function local variable but must behave just a simple one
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:34:23 +0300
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 at 10:26, Budi <budikusasi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How to have function local variable but must behave just a simple /
plain variable which is retaining its value all the time, no matter
how many times exit and enter the function

Sort of like a function-scoped static variable in C?

int counter() {

static int n = 0;

return ++n;

}

Zsh doesn't have the equivalent. You'll have to use a global parameter.

Roman.

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