Introduction to C++ Friends, Nesting, Static Members, and Templates

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Static Members

•To specify static member functions, we must declare the functions to be static in the class definition (interface file) using the keyword static .

•Then, define those static member functions in the class implementation file.

•The definition of our static member functions should look identical to the definition of non-static member functions.

•The scope of a static member function is the same as that of a non-static member function.

•Access to a static member function from outside the class is the same as access to a non-static member function and depends on whether the member is declared as public, protected, or private.