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local variable

Computer programming, a variable only usable in a portion of a program (the scope)
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local variable

Summary

local variable ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • local variable's subclass of is recorded as assignable variable[2].
  • local variable's subclass of is recorded as name binding[3].
  • local variable's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qv0h[4].
  • local variable's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/local-variables[5].
  • local variable's has characteristic is recorded as scope[6].
  • local variable's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 068280[7].
  • local variable's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 202096789[8].

Why It Matters

local variable ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). local variable. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/local-variable
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_local-variable_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{local variable}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/local-variable}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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