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From: "Rob Quill" <rob.quill@gmail.com>
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Subject: Variable values before initialisaton
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Hi,

Sorry to ask to many questions in one day. but I was wondering fi
anyone could explain why a variable can have a value before it has
been declared.

In my code I have:

int i = 0;
int j = 2;
int k = 3;

and if I print the value of k any time before it has been set to 3, it
get it being equal to a very large number, rather than it not being in
the current scope. Is this a debugging thing, or something to do with
the way the code is compiled, or something else?

Thanks,

Rob