VB.Net Tutorial/Language Basics/static

Call static method

Option Strict On
Public Module CallStaticMethod
   Public Sub Main()
      Console.WriteLine(Greeting.SayHello())
   End Sub
End Module
Public Class Greeting
   Public Shared Function SayHello() As String
      Return "And a top of the morning to you!"
   End Function
End Class

And a top of the morning to you!

static Variable

Option Strict On
Public Module Test
   Public Sub Main()
      For loopCtr As Integer = 1 to 10
         Console.WriteLine(Invocations())
      Next
   End Sub
   Private Function Invocations() As Integer
      Static i As Integer
      i += 1
      Return i
   End Function
End Module

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