What is the default value stored in Local Variables?

 In Java, local variables are variables that are declared within a method, constructor, or block of code. Local variables must be initialized before they can be used, which means that you must assign a value to them before you can read their value.

Unlike instance variables (which are variables declared within a class, but outside of any method, constructor, or block of code), local variables do not have a default value. This means that if you try to read the value of a local variable before it has been initialized, your program will throw a "Variable might not have been initialized" error.

For example, consider the following code:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int x;
        System.out.println(x); // this line will cause an error
    }
}

In this code, the local variable "x" is declared but not initialized. If you try to compile this code, you will get an error because you are trying to read the value of "x" before it has been initialized.

To fix this error, you need to initialize "x" with a value before you try to read its value. For example:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int x = 0;
        System.out.println(x); // this line will print 0
    }
}

In this code, "x" is initialized with the value 0, so the program will compile and run without any errors.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.