I have a static function in a class.
whenever I try to use non static data member, I get following compile error.
An object reference is required for the non
You can't access non-static data from a static function. This is because the static function can be called irrespective of whether there are any instantiated objects of the class. The non-static data, however, is dependent on a specific object (instantiation) of the class. Since you can't be sure that there are any objects instantiated when calling a static function, it is illogical (and therefore not allowed) to access non-static data from it.
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