I am newbie in Java. I have a doubt in below code.

[long helm]

We have manipulated the value of a variable which was declared outside If statement. According to me if its value is changed inside the block of If statement , it should not have changed its value for the rest of code. Please advise where i am wrong
I get 0 in the end.

[rustic kite]

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[foggy parrot]

You're wrong. That's what happens if you modify a variable inside another method, not in an enclosed block

That would make if/else constructs fairly useless

[long helm]

So if i would have modified the value in a method instead of conditional statement then it would have been a correct scenario?

[foggy parrot]

This is a bit too abstract. Ask a more direct question

[long helm]

If i would have declared a method and modified the value highScore (initial 50)
let’s say highscore += 100; and print it outside the method then it would have become 150?

[foggy parrot]

Too ambiguous. Just try and be faultless when you tell a theory please. (Also that sounds like the sort of things you could just try)

[long helm]

I understood your point. I was just trying to get double sure. I will try. Thanks a lot for help!

[rustic kite]

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