Static local variable in Go

Like Taric' suggestion, but with staticCounter() returning an int function

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

func staticCounter() (f func()(int)){
  var i int
  f = func()(int){
    i++
//  fmt.Println(i)
    return i
  }
  return
}

func main() {
  f := staticCounter()
  g := staticCounter()
  fmt.Println(f())
  fmt.Println(f())
  fmt.Println(f())
  fmt.Println(f())
  fmt.Println(g())
  fmt.Println(g())
}

Declare a var at global scope:

var i = 1

func a() {
  println(i)
  i++
}

Use a closure:

Function literals are closures: they may refer to variables defined in a surrounding function. Those variables are then shared between the surrounding function and the function literal, and they survive as long as they are accessible.

It doesn't have to be in global scope, just outside the function definition.

func main() {

    x := 1

    y := func() {
        fmt.Println("x:", x)
        x++
    }

    for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
        y()
    }
}

(Sample on the Go Playground)

You can do something like this

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
  f := do()
  f() // 1
  f() // 2
}

func do() (f func()){
  var i int
  f = func(){
    i++
    fmt.Println(i)
  }
  return
}

Link on Playground https://play.golang.org/p/D9mv9_qKmN