Javascript STATIC VARIABLE?

[john_doe9]

is there a way to declare static variable in a function like so?

function foo(){
static count;

count++;
}

Thank you.

[RobB]

john_doe9 wrote:

is there a way to declare static variable in a function like so?

function foo(){
static count;

count++;
}

Thank you.

function foo()
{
foo.count = ++foo.count || 1;
alert(foo.count);
}