Java - Variable Scope

Question

I\'m brand new to java and I have a super n00bish question. (I do have some general programming knowledge). I\'m trying to access the variable \"item\" to no avail. Can some

Answer 1

You've declared item in the first do-while loop, you can't use it in the second, because when the control flow exists from the first loop, item goes out of scope.

Also, as others suggested, proper intentation would have helped you a lot ;-)