Variable Definition Ignore in C [duplicate]

Answer 1

Switch statements only evaluate portions of the code inside them, and you can't put code at the top and expect it to get evaluated by every case component. You need to put the b initialization higher in the program above the switch statement. If you really need to do it locally, do it in a separate set of braces:

Code:

int main()  
{
  int a=1;
  /* other stuff */
  {
    int b=20;
    switch(a)
    {

      case 1:
      printf("b is %d\n",b);
      break;

      default:
      printf("b is %d\n",b);
      break;
    }
  }
  /* other stuff... */
  return 0;
}