Syntax errors in Java

See English answers > compiler error when declaring a variable inside if condition and no curry braces

if ( year % 4 == 0 )
    int i = 0;
else
    int j = 0;

The syntax error in eclipse due to this line of code is:

>Syntax error on token "int", delete this token > I can't solve the syntax error on variable > token "int", delete this token > J can't resolve to syntax error on variable > token "=", delete this token

I don't know why

From what I've observed, I think putting an int declaration in the if else constructor is implementing it

If I declare I and j earlier in the code and run the program, the error disappears as follows:

int i; int j;
if ( year % 4 == 0 )
    i = 0;
else
    j = 0;

There are no grammatical errors in this case Why?

Solution

This may be because of the scope Declaring I and j in an IF statement makes them inaccessible outside the if statement Declaring them outside will change their scope