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 STATIC Keyword
 
 ■ The STATIC attribute (or keyword) is used with SUB or FUNCTION statements
   to maintain the value of a procedure's local variables between calls.
   See: ◄FUNCTION Statement►  ◄SUB Statement►
 
 ■ The STATIC statement, the STATIC keyword, and the $STATIC metacommand are
   all used to affect variables and arrays. Their usage differs as follows:
 
   Usage                      Description
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   STATIC keyword (in SUB     Declares the default for variables to be
   and FUNCTION statements)   static; variables having the same name as
                              variables shared by the module-level code are
                              still shared.
                              See: ◄FUNCTION Statement►  ◄SUB Statement►
 
   STATIC statement           Makes specific variables static and overrides
                              any variables shared by the module-level code.
                              See: ◄STATIC Statement►
 
   $STATIC metacommand        Affects how memory is allocated for arrays.
                              See: ◄$STATIC Metacommand►