What does scope of variables means?

[Jaisudha]

Hi Friends,

I have confusion regarding scope of variables. I am not aware about concept of "scope of variables". The only thing which is know is that it very important to declare scope of the variable or method for there availability in the other method. Can you explain me what does scope of variables means?

Your help will be greatly appreciated ...

[Praetor]

Hi,

The area or part program in which variable can be accessed is called as "Scope of that variable". Basically there are two types of scope i.e "Global scope" and "Local scope".Variable declared with "Global scope" known as "global variables". "Global variables" are basically defined outside of function and by default it is accessible from any function

Following shows the valid combinations of storage class and scope:

Scope ...........................Storage class

..................................... static...........auto

local .................................Y ...............Y
global.................................Y ............... N

[Katty]

Scope of the variable represent the accessibility or visibility of that variables. Scope of the variable is the section of the code of the program can be use or seen it.

Basically every variable of the program has a scope of type "Global". It is very essential to control a scope of variable to a single function. There are two types variable's scope one is Global and another is Local.

I hope this information will helps you in understanding scope of variable..

[kelfro]

Variables can have two various types of scopes. When you declare a variable outside of any method declaration, then it called as "global variable". And when you declare a variable within a method declaration, then it called as "local variable".

Refer below example:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

short ::count = 0;

short counter()
{
::count ++;

cout << ::count << " ";

return 0;
}

int main()
{
short a;

for (a = 0; a < 10; a ++)
counter();

return 0;
}