Topic awaiting preservation: accessing local variable..pls help

I have the following code, can you please help me to figure out how I could access the f_seat_status variable outside the if loop? Thank you.

<%

int l_session_seats_available =3;

if (l_session_seats_available > 0) {
String f_seat_status = "enrolled";
} else if (l_session_seats_available <= 0) {
String f_seat_status = "waiting list";
}
%>

<%=f_seat_status %> <--- How do I get the f_seat_status outside the IF loop??

Hmm...in PHP you would have to give the variable a global scope for it to be available higher up in the heirarchy. That's what you need ot do here, I think, but i don't know the exact function for it

Change where you declare it. I moved it outside the conditional statement right under the declaration of the integer. This will change the scope and allow you to see it.

<%

int l_session_seats_available =3;
String f_seat_status = "";

if (l_session_seats_available > 0) {
f_seat_status = "enrolled";
} else if (l_session_seats_available <= 0) {
f_seat_status = "waiting list";
}
%>

well, yes...I suppose that one would work too

Thank you so much for teaching me. Thanks again.