Javascript STATIC VARIABLE?

[john_doe9]

is there a way to declare static variable in a function like so?

function foo(){
static count;

count++;
}

Thank you.

[RobB]

Re: Javascript STATIC VARIABLE?

john_doe9 wrote:[color=blue]
> is there a way to declare static variable in a function like so?
>
> function foo(){
> static count;
>
> count++;
> }
>
> Thank you.[/color]

function foo()
{
foo.count = ++foo.count || 1;
alert(foo.count );
}