static vars

[donalson]

Am I confused about "static" in objective C?

If I define a method

input
{
int new[20];
static int old[20];

    for(i=0; i<20;i++)
       fscanf(whatever,"%d",&new[i]);
   //do something with new and old here
   for(i=0; i<20;i++)
      old[i]=new[i];
}
I thought that static meant that when the method was used, "old" would
contain the previous values of "new".  It is not happening.  Am I
missing something obvious?

Cheers (sort of),

D3

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