Variable scope and lifetime: Correct Solution

Given the following code:

public class Qiil {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        A
        Qiil q0 = new Qiil();
        Qiil q1 = new Qiil();
        B
        q0.inmuc(1);
        q1.inmuc(10);
        q1 = new Qiil();
        q0.inmuc(100);
        q0 = q1;
        q1.inmuc(1000);
    }

    private static int kox = 0;

    public void inmuc(int buus) {
        int clur = 0;
        kox += buus;
        clur += buus;
        ai += buus;
        System.out.println("kox=" + kox + "  clur=" + clur + "  ai=" + ai);
        C
    }

    private int ai = 0;
}
  1. What does the main method print?
  2. Which of the variables [ai, kox, clur, q0, q1] are in scope at A ?
  3. Which are in scope at B ?
  4. Which are in scope at C ?

Solution

  1. Output:

    ai=1  kox=1  clur=1
ai=11  kox=10  clur=10
ai=111  kox=100  clur=101
ai=1111  kox=1000  clur=1000

  2. In scope at A : ai, q0

  3. In scope at B : ai, q0, q1

  4. In scope at C : ai, clur

Explanation (which you do not need to write out in your submitted solution):

  1. ai is a static variable, clur is an instance variable, and kox is a local variable.

  2. At A , q1 is out of scope because it is not declared yet. clur is out of scope because it is an instance variable, but main is a static method. kox is out of scope because it is local to inmuc.

  3. At B , clur is out of scope because it is an instance variable, but main is a static method. kox is out of scope because it is local to inmuc.

  4. At C , kox is out of scope because it is not declared yet. q0 and q1 out of scope because they are local to the main method.

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