Scope resolution operator in c++

Scope resolution operator(::) is used to define a function outside a class or when we want to use
a global variable but also has a local variable with same name.

C++ programming code

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
char c = 'a';

// global variable

int main() {
char c = 'b';

//local variable

cout << "Local c: " << c << "\n";

cout << "Global c: " << ::c << "\n";
}

//using scope resolution operator

return 0;

Scope resolution operator in class

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class programming {
public:
void output(); //function declaration
};
// function definition outside the class
void programming::output() {
cout << "Function defined outside the class.\n";
}
int main() {
programming x;
x.output();
return 0;
}