Hi Rixon,

By default, they are specified as Private, which means that if you call external methods which use the same variable, then it could create conflicts.

>If I don't specify whether a variable is public or local, does it default to local?
>
>In otherwords is:
>
>LOCAL lcVariable
>lcVariable=this.value
>
>the same as just defining
>
>lcVariable=this.value
>
>If not, what are the differences?