Crystal Reports for Eclipse Designer Guide
Scope operators
The scope of a variable is an attribute of that variable specifying where you can use or reference it, e.g., within the same formula where it is defined, or within and outside of the formula where it is defined.
In this section:
Variable scopes for Crystal syntax
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