Scope

Scope

In Apex, scope determines the visibility and lifetime of a variable. Variables can have different scopes, such as local (within a method) or member (within a class).

Example

public class ScopeExample {
    // Member variable - accessible anywhere in this class
    private String memberVariable = "I am a member variable.";

    public void myMethod() {
        // Local variable - only accessible within this method
        String localVariable = "I am a local variable.";

        System.debug(memberVariable); // This is valid
        System.debug(localVariable); // This is also valid
    }

    public void anotherMethod() {
        System.debug(memberVariable); // This is valid
        // System.debug(localVariable); // This would cause a compile-time error
    }
}
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