// Ex5_13.cpp // Using a static variable within a function #include using std::cout; using std::endl; void record(void); // Function prototype, no arguments or return value int main(void) { record(); for(int i = 0; i <= 3; i++) record(); cout << endl; return 0; } // A function that records how often it is called void record(void) { static int count = 0; cout << endl << "This is the " << ++count; if((count > 3) && (count < 21)) // All this.... cout <<"th"; else switch(count%10) // is just to get... { case 1: cout << "st"; break; case 2: cout << "nd"; break; case 3: cout << "rd"; break; default: cout << "th"; // the right ending for... } // 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. cout << " time I have been called"; return; }