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After noting where the variable is declared, students work through code example to find where there are problems with scope in this exercise.

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>> Brian Holt: So I want you to take, maybe, a couple of minutes here, two or three or max. Don't look at the answer down here. And I want you to go through this convoluted mess that I made for you on purpose. [LAUGH] This is bad programming on purpose. And I want you to kinda figure out, it's like, okay, that looks like it should work, that should work, that won't work, this should work.