static member functions

Like static member variable, we can also have static member functions in a class. A member function that is declared static has the following properties: A static member function can have access to only other static members (functions or variables) declared in the same class A static member function can be called using the class name (instead of its objects) as follows: class-name :: function-name; Program below illustrates the implementation of these characteristics: #include <iostream.h> class test { private: int code; static int count; //static member variable public: void setcode() { code = ++count; } void showcode() { cout << “Object number: ” << code << endl; } static void showcount() //static member function { cout << “Count: ” << count << endl; } }; int test :: count; void main() { test t1, t2; t1.setcode(); t2.setcode(); test :: showcount(); //accessing static function test t3; t3.setcode(); test :: showcount(); //accessing...