How to pass variable values between successive for loops?

[Ziya Bakan]

I have two successive for loops and i need to pass one of the variables' value to an instance inside the other for loop.

for(int x=0; x< sentence.length(); x++) {

int i;
if (!Character.isWhitespace(sentence.charAt(x)))
i = x ;
break;

}

for (int i ; i < sentence.length(); i++) {

if (Character.isWhitespace(sentence.charAt(i)))
if (!Character.isWhitespace(sentence.charAt(i + 1)))

}

This is just a part of my program and my purpose is assigning the value of x (from the fírst for loop) to i variable(from the second for loop) so that i wont start from 0 but from the value of x(before breaking the first for loop)...Looking forward to your replies...Thank you so much in advance!!!

[Joanne Neal]

You could either declare your i variable outside of your first for loop or you could put your second for loop inside the if statement in your first for loop

[fred rosenberger]

You may want to search around on the term 'variable scope'. Basically, method variables can (and do) go 'out of scope' when you hit the closing brace of the block where they are defined. So:

public void myMethod()
{
   int k = 3;
   //...some code
   {
       int i = 7
        //more code 
        //k is still available here
   }  //since variable i was defined inside this block, once we leave this block, it no longer exists
      
   //variable k exists through this entire method, but goes 'out of scope' once the method ends
   //you can't access i down here
}