Static variables in ruby, like in C functions

Question

Is there any such thing as static variables in Ruby that would behave like they do in C functions?

Here\'s a quick example of what I mean. It prints \"6\\n7\\n\" to the

Answer 1

Scope your variable in a method and return lambda

def counter
  count = 0
  lambda{count = count+1}
end

test = counter
test[]
#=>1
test[]
#=>2