How to initialize private static members in C++?

Question

What is the best way to initialize a private, static data member in C++? I tried this in my header file, but it gives me weird linker errors:

class foo
{
           


        

Answer 1

Also working in privateStatic.cpp file :

#include 

using namespace std;

class A
{
private:
  static int v;
};

int A::v = 10; // possible initializing

int main()
{
A a;
//cout << A::v << endl; // no access because of private scope
return 0;
}

// g++ privateStatic.cpp -o privateStatic && ./privateStatic