help with static linkage error of member function

Here is the code:

Quote:

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static const char* Token::printableForm(int tokenType)

if(tokenType == 1) return "ASSIGN";
else if(tokenType == 2) return "PLUS";
else if(tokenType == 3) return "TIMES";
else if(tokenType == 4) return "MINUS";
else if(tokenType == 5) return "DIVIDE";
else if(tokenType == 6) return "EQ";
else if(tokenType == 7) return "GT";
else if(tokenType == 8) return "LT";
else if(tokenType == 9) return "NEQ";
else if(tokenType == 10) return "AND";

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Here is the error:

Quote:

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tokenizer.cpp:20: cannot declare member function `static const char*
Token::printableForm(int)' to have static linkage

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Can anyone help me with this please. I am not sure how to fix this or what to do.

Remove static off of your defintion, you only need it in the declaration... eg,

Code:

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class A
{
 public:
    A() {m_i = 0 };
    static const int myfunc();

 private:
    int m_i;
}

const int A::myfunc()
{
    return 0;
}

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thanks a bunch eibro. removing static worked