// =========================== // compile on the command line with // gcc basics2.c -o basics2 // =========================== #include int main(){ // C is a structured language // Anything between {}'s is locally within scope. // If something is 'within scope' that means we // have access to it. { int x = 5; // x is available between these {}'s } // x is not available here and terminated int x =3; // This is a completely different 'x' return 0; }