Why can’t variables be declared in an if statement?

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Variables can be declared inside a conditional statement. However you try and access b in a different scope.

When you declare b here: 

if(a == 1) {
    int b = 0;
}

It is only in scope until the end }.

Therefore when you come to this line:

b = 1;

b does not exist.

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