// This example is from the book _JavaScript: The Definitive Guide_.    
// Written by David Flanagan.  Copyright (c) 1996 O'Reilly & Associates.
// This example is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
// You may study, use, modify, and distribute it for any purpose.        

function count()
{
    // counter is a static variable, defined below.
    // Note that we use it just like a local variable.
    alert("You've called me " + counter + " time(s).");
    // Increment the static variable.  This incremented value
    // will be retained and will be used the next time we are called.
    counter++;
}

// To define the static variable, just set it as a property of the function:
// Note that the only shortcoming of this technique is that static
// variables can only be defined after they are used in the function.
count.counter =index.html 1;