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but gives ```UndefVarError: `x` not defined``` when you try to run it in script or other
file. What is going on is that Julia generally requires you to **be explicit about assigning to global variables in a local scope**.

Here, `x` is a global variable, `while` defines a [local scope](@ref scope-of-variables), and `x += 1` is
an assignment to a global in that local scope.
Here, `x` is a global variable, `while` defines a distinct [local scope](@ref scope-of-variables) for each of its iteration, and

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Here, `x` is a global variable, `while` defines a distinct [local scope](@ref scope-of-variables) for each of its iteration, and
Here, `x` is a global variable, `while` defines a distinct [local scope](@ref scope-of-variables) for each of its iteration, and

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each of its iteration

Seems like bad grammar.

`x += 1` is an assignment to a global in one of those local scopes.

As mentioned above, Julia (version 1.5 or later) allows you to omit the `global`
keyword for code in the REPL (and many other interactive environments), to simplify
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