# "Locally global" variable?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/locally-global-variable/60471>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** scope\
**Created:** [May 3, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/locally-global-variable/60471 "2021-05-03T16:49:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/locally-global-variable/60471/4 "2021-05-03T16:59:05Z")

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You can use `local` on the level of of scope you want:

```julia
julia> function f()
         local x
         for i in 1:10
            for j in 1:10
               x = i*j
            end
         end
         x
       end
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> f()
100

```

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