How to identify and use a method belonging to a specific class without creating its instance?

In C/C++, the keyword static is used to define a method belonging to a specific class that can be called without creating an instance.

A static method belongs to the class rather than an object and can be called using the class name.

Example:

class MyClass {
public:
    static void staticMethod() {
        // method code
        std::cout << "Calling static method" << std::endl;
    }
};

int main() {
    MyClass::staticMethod(); // call without creating an object
    return 0;
}

Thus, to define and use such a method, declare it with static and call it through the class name.