Public Static variable in excel vba

Question

Is it possible to have a static variable declared in one procedure, and use this variable in several different procedures using Excel VBA?

i.e.

Public m         


        

Answer 1

The key is to use 2 variables. In the code below, myvar is public but not static. stvar is static but not public. Its scope is only within Main(). By assigning myvar=stvar and stvar=myvar, it effectively creates a variable that is both public and static. The value is preserved.

Public myvar As String
Sub Main() 'in module 1
Static stvar As String
myvar = stvar
toInput
stvar = myvar
End Sub

Sub toInput() 'in module2
myvar = InputBox("enter something", "Input", myvar)
End Sub