understand static and extern

ch4/helper.h

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+
+
+extern int sum;

ch4/main.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "helper.h"
+
+void increment();
+
+int main() {
+  printf("hello world\n");
+
+  increment();
+  increment();
+
+  printf("sum within main: %d\n", sum);
+
+  sum++;
+
+  printf("sum within main: %d\n", sum);
+
+  return 0;
+}

ch4/other.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "helper.h"
+
+int sum = 0;
+
+void increment() {
+  sum++;
+}