Scope of vars in a static block

[P Teng]

Hi , a quick one please

The following code does not compile, complaining that it cannot find symbol : variable y.
Does this mean that variables in static or not static code blocks are limited in scope only to that block only if they have been declared there ?

  class Temp {
  
    static {
        int y=99;    
        System.out.println("static block" + y); 
    }
    
    Temp() {
        System.out.println(y); // fails here
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
       
        Temp temp = new Temp();
    }
}  

[Patricia Samuel]

Exactly. y is local to that block and could not be accessed outside.