Hello and thank you for your time,

I am trying to compare an old user entered value with a new user entered value from the same field (so logically they are calling the same function), but I cannot use global variables. How do I solve this problem, because local variables get initialized each time the function is called and then deleted when the function ends? I am sure this is a fairly common problem that has at least one very common solution. I only need the easiest solution to understand...Nothing fancy. Please help me!

Thank you,

Keith

: Hello and thank you for your time,
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: I am trying to compare an old user entered value with a new user entered value from the same field (so logically they are calling the same function), but I cannot use global variables. How do I solve this problem, because local variables get initialized each time the function is called and then deleted when the function ends? I am sure this is a fairly common problem that has at least one very common solution. I only need the easiest solution to understand...Nothing fancy. Please help me!
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: Thank you,
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: Keith
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You must pass the variable(s) as arguments to the function.

Hi Keith1394,

You can use 'static' variables, that is defined and get initialized once, in one place, and will remain until your program ends, just like a global variable, but its a local!

: Hi Keith1394,
:
: You can use 'static' variables, that is defined and get initialized once, in one place, and will remain until your program ends, just like a global variable, but its a local!
:

You are right!!! A static variable is my answer. Thank you!!!

-Keith