// support.cpp -- use external variable // compile with external.cpp #include extern double warming; // use warming from another file // function prototypes void update(double dt); void local(); using std::cout; void update(double dt) // modifies global variable { extern double warming; // optional redeclaration warming += dt; // uses global warming cout << "Updating global warming to " << warming; cout << " degrees.\n"; } void local() // uses local variable { double warming = 0.8; // new variable hides external one cout << "Local warming = " << warming << " degrees.\n"; // Access global variable with the // scope resolution operator cout << "But global warming = " << ::warming; cout << " degrees.\n"; }