Objective-C static const variables
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I am trying to create a class with static const variables that can be used from outside the class, but I cannot figure out how to initialize this variable.

Example Code:

    @interface ExampleClass
    {
     static const int CONST_VAR;
    }
    
    - (id) init;
    
    @end
    @implementation ExampleClass
    
    - (id) init {
     CONST_VAR = 1;
    }
    
    @end

I want to be able to reference the static constant variable like this:

    ExampleClass.CONST_VAR;