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Defining Static Constructors

As explained earlier in this chapter, constructors are used to set the value of a type’s data at the time

of creation. Thus, if you were to assign a value to a static data member within an instance-level con-

structor, you may be surprised to find that the value is reset each time you create a new object! For

example, assume you have updated the SavingsAccount class as follows:

class SavingsAccount

{

public double currBalance;

public static double currInterestRate;

public SavingsAccount(double balance)

{