Java Glossary : local scope

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local scope: a variable declared inside a method that lives only while that method is executing. A variable not a class variable nor an instance variable. It is not visible outside that method. Some Java compilers have a limit of only 31 local variables per method. Watch out.
package scope ¤ private scope ¤ protected scope ¤ public scope ¤ scope

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