Using global variables

If you do not explicitly initialize the value of a global variable, the correlator automatically assigns a value to that global variable. (Note that the correlator does not automatically initialize local variables.) The following table shows the values that the correlator assigns to uninitialized global variables.

Values the correlator assigns to uninitialized global variables
Global Variable Type	Value Correlator Assigns to Uninitialized Global Variable
action	A null value that causes the monitor instance to die if you try to execute the action. In the correlator log file, the error message is Called uninitialized action value.
boolean	false
chunk	Contains no state. Each plug-in must define what to do upon receiving a default-initialized chunk as an argument.
context	A null context that cannot be used in any meaningful way. To use this variable, you must explicitly assign a context that was created with a name.
decimal	0.0d
dictionary	Empty dictionary
event	Instance of the event where each of its fields has the standard default values as per this table.
float	0.0
integer	0
listener	A null listener that cannot be used in any meaningful way. To use this variable, you must assign a listener to it from within an on statement, from another listener variable, or from a stream listener in a from statement.
location	(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
sequence	Empty sequence
stream	A null stream that cannot be used in any meaningful way. To use the variable you must assign a non-null stream to it.
string	"" (empty string)