if statement scope thingy

[blazing fern]

im trying to access variable outside this if statement

[hasty phoenix]

<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

[golden turret]

in this case dont use an if else in the first place

[summer estuary]

boolean repeat = repeatInput.equalsIgnoreCase("y");
What's stopping you from doing this?

Otherwise you can declare the variable before the block boolean repeat;

[obsidian knoll]

there are many layers to this

the first layer:

when you declare a variable, it exists in the scope it was declared

you could declare the variable outside of the if, then assign it in the if

once you've solved that, can move onto the next layer (which is what others are talking about)