A counter variable problem.

[Christo95]

Hello!
I am working on a program and i have a little problem.
I have a counter variable in the program, the problem is that every time i close the program and run it again, the counter variable is set back to zero, which is not what i want, i want the counter to hold the value from the last session, please help if you can!

[spaghetticode]

Then you need to store it on a physical drive and read it back in when your program starts. "Persistence" is the term you're looking for.

EDIT: Depending on your progress in C programming, the tutorial on this very website might make do: http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/cfileio.html

[Christo95]

Thanks for responding!
The tutorial you gave me explains how to write into a file, so I should store the lase value in a file and read it back when the user opens the program again.
Is there a way i can store it in memory directly?

[Elkvis]

Is there a way i can store it in memory directly?

There are ways to do this, but restarting the computer would wipe out the value. The file you write is likely to get cached in memory anyway, if you're accessing it often enough, so it may be a moot point.

[Christo95]

The file is going to be accessed everytime the user opens the program, so i guess this might be the best solution, thanks for help!