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Week 1: Types, condition clauses and loops/13a. Variable visibility
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In Java, variables are only "visible" within the block in which they are defined. This means that a variable defined in a block following a loop or a condition clause, for example, cannot be referred to afterwards.
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In Java, the problem can be solved, for example, by DEFINING a variable BEFORE A BLOCK.
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import java.util.Scanner;
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public class Example {
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public static void main(String[] args) {
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Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
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System.out.print("Give the first number: ");
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int num1 = Integer.valueOf(reader.nextLine());
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System.out.print("Give the second number: ");
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int num2 = Integer.valueOf(reader.nextLine());
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//HERE
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// defining a variable, but let's not assign a value to it yet
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int largest;
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if (num1 > num2) {
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largest = num1;
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} else {
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largest = num2;
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}
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System.out.println("Largest: " + largest);
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}
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}
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13. Print the numbers 1...16 every third number
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