Public/Global variable within an If statement..

Question

Is there way to declare a variable as Public in an IF statement. My goal is to declare the variable as global (since this variable is used somewhere in the code and should not get initialized when there is loop back to the top of the code, hence using IF statement to control the initialization) based on the IF condition and then use it elsewhere in the code.
I have it like this
if (!sei_second_jsp.equals("1"))
public int[] mecitem;
public String[] sei_mfg_prod_cat;
public String[] sei_part_number;
public String[] sei_descrip;
public String[] sei_price;
public int[] sei_onhand;
public int[] sei_demand;
mecitem = new int[20000];
sei_mfg_prod_cat = new String[20000];
sei_part_number = new String[20000];
sei_descrip = new String[20000];
sei_price = new String[20000];
sei_onhand = new int[20000];
sei_demand = new int[20000];
for (int i=0; i<=19999; i++)
mecitem[i] = 0;
sei_mfg_prod_cat[i] = " ";
sei_part_number[i] = " ";
sei_descrip[i] = " ";
sei_price[i] = " ";
sei_onhand[i] = 0;
sei_demand[i] = 0;
Your guess is right, I am using this code in JSP - since this is a Java related question, thought of posting it in JAVA forum.
When I use the above code, I get the following error
1809 }' expected. { 
1811 Statement expected. public int[] mecitem;
1827 Identifier expected. mecitem = new int[20000];
1827 Can't specify array dimension in a declaration. mecitem = new int[20000];
1827 Identifier expected. mecitem = new int[20000];
1837 Can't specify array dimension in a declaration. sei_onhand = new int[20000];
1837 Identifier expected. sei_onhand = new int[20000];
1839 Can't specify array dimension in a declaration. sei_demand = new int[20000];
1839 Identifier expected. sei_demand = new int[20000];
3117 Class or interface declaration expected. }
I will post the same in JSP forum as well.. thnks a lot

Answer 1

1809 }' expected. { I would guess that you have a syntax error above this error. The other errors are caused by that.