Question about Variable Scope

[Solarsonic]

When you define a variable like so:

String example;

Without putting any scope before String, does that make it public by default?

Thanks,
~Solarsonic

[sunde887]

That's not a scope thing, scope deals with how long the object stays around. However to answer your question, the default is package access which gives access to anything inside the same package.

[DarrylBurke]

It also depends on where that variable declaration appears. At the class level, it creates an instance field with default, or package-private access.

Inside a constructor or method, it creates a local variable (the only type of variable that can be created in that scope).

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