ements.</p>
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<h3>Variable Scope</h3>
<p>The variables declared in each block have scope over all subsequent
statements. Thus a variable declared in the transformed data block
may be used in the model block. But a variable declared in the
generated quantities block may not be used in any earlier block,
including the model block. The exception to this rule is that
variables declared in the model block are always local to the model
block and may