[ STATIC ] { PUBLIC | PRIVATE } Identifier [ Static array declaration ] AS Datatype [ = Expression ]

This declares a class global variable.

Access

This variable is accessible everywhere in the class it is declared.

• If the PUBLIC keyword is specified, it is also accessible to the other classes having a reference to an object of this class.

• If the STATIC keyword is specified, the same variable will be shared with every object of this class.

Examples

Initialization

The variable can be initialized with any Expression.

Alternatively, you can initialize the variable with a newly instanciated object.

[ STATIC ] { PUBLIC | PRIVATE } Identifier AS NEW Class ( Arguments ... )

Or you can initialize the variable with a native dynamic array.

[ STATIC ] { PUBLIC | PRIVATE } Identifier AS NEW Native Datatype [ Array dimensions ... ]

Note that you can use any expression for specifying array dimensions.