What is a local block in C programming?

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the statements within the braces { } is known as local block
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The range within two curly braces such as: void main { // local to main } void anotherFunction () { // local to anotherFunction }
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local block is set of statements/variables coded between flower brackets (i.e.{ }}. For e.g. void main(){ int var=10; { int var=20; #value 20 valid only local to this block, once you go out of {}, this will be consider that is declared outside printf("value of var:%d",var); ...
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local block is set of statements/variables coded between flower brackets (i.e.{ }}. For e.g. void main(){ int var=10; { int var=20; #value 20 valid only local to this block, once you go out of {}, this will be consider that is declared outside printf("value of var:%d",var); } printf("value of var:%d",var); #it prints value 10 } Please let me know if you still need more clarification read less
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Any set of statements inside opening and closing curly brackets is a local block
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Statements which are enclosed in left brace ({) and the right brace (}) forms a local Block. Local Block can have any number of statements. Branching Statements or Conditional Statements, Loop Control Statements such as if,else,switch,for,while forms a local block. These Statements contain braces...
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Statements which are enclosed in left brace ({) and the right brace (}) forms a local Block. Local Block can have any number of statements. Branching Statements or Conditional Statements, Loop Control Statements such as if,else,switch,for,while forms a local block. These Statements contain braces , so the portion of code between two braces would be considered a local block. Variables declared in a local block have local scope i.e they can be accessed within the block only. read less
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Thanks for the question Rakhi, The portion of code within two braces of a function is known as local block. Thanks, Team DishaaPro www.dishaapro.com
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