Re: Beginner question referring to an object in a class from within method in that class

On 2023-07-27 6:56 p.m., Peter Dow wrote:
> I'm very much a beginner with Java and I'm having a problem 
> understanding how scope works.
> ...

If you define a variable inside a block, it's only visible within that 
block.

Here, my variable "str" can't even be used in main() outside the "if" 
block where I defined it.

class MyClass
{
    static public void main()
    {
       if (1 == 2)
       {
          String str = "abc"; // only visible in this "if" block
          str = "def";        // ok, still in the "if" block
       }
       str = "ghi";           // str is not visible any more
    }
}

-- 
Barbara


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