Posted June 15, 2018 What is a variable scope? The scope of a variable is essentially the part of your code in which this variable is accessible. If a variable is used outside of its scope an error will be thrown by the game: "Uninitialized variable VARNAME". Let's have a look at this basic example: Please login or register to see this code. Global or level variables A global (also known as level) variable can be accessed in any function and in any gsc file from the moment it is initialised: Please login or register to see this code. Entity variables You can also declare a variable for an entity, the scope for an entity variable is essentially the same as a level variable, except that it is only accessible by that specific entity it is assigned to: Please login or register to see this code. Scope of the for loop's declaration/initialisation As seen in the tutorial about for loops, you can declare and initialize a variable in the first part of it. The scope of a variable initialized in a for loop's initialization ends from the moment the for loop ends: Please login or register to see this code. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
