Static data of a class

Hello, I'm new to the forum and would like some help. I am studying the use of static data into classes and the code below is returning an error ...

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class REC
{
private:
static int n; //Dado que será único na classe e alterado por todos os objetos
public:
REC() {n++;} // Construtor
int getrec() const {return n;}
};

void main()
{
REC r1,r2,r3;
cout << "\nO numero de objetos de R1: " << r1.getrec();
cout << "\nO numero de objetos de R2: " << r2.getrec();
cout << "\nO numero de objetos de R3: " << r3.getrec();
}
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The error:
main.obj:-1: error: LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: static int REC::n" (?n@REC@@0HA)
Note: I'm using QT Creator

static variables must be defines as well as declared:

Code:

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class REC
 {
 private:

 static int n; //Dado que será único na classe e alterado por todos os objetos
 public:

    REC() {n++;} // Construtor
    int getrec() const {return n;}
 };

int REC::n;  // define

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Also, it should be int main, not void main.

Excuse my ignorance, but I could not understand his explanation. You can fix mei code so I can see what is wrong? I will be very grateful.

1) I did fix your code ... see the line that I added in my first post:

Code:

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int REC::n;  // define

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2) google: defining static member variables c++