Can I access static variables inside a function from outside

Question

C/C++: Can I access static variables inside a function from outside? For example:

#include 
using namespace std;

void f()
{
    static int c         


        

Answer 1

No, static variable has its scope limited to block in which it is defined, while its life time is though out the process, so as variable is defined in function it will get into existence once this method is called but in order access it we need to be in function scope.