Chapter 6.9, Problem 6.9.1CP

Explanation of Solution

Local variable:

The variable declared inside the specific method and which does not provide any access to other method is called local variables; they are recreated every time a function is called. Access modifiers cannot be used for local variables.

Local variable does not have the default value and so it should be declared and should be assigned before the first use.

Syntax for declaring the local variable:

  datatype variable_name;

Example declaration of local variable:

//Function definition

public int ...