How to access variable from another function?

Is it possible to access a variable from another function in the same script? I need to access a variable from my update function because if I declare it outside it won’t work. Is this possible?

In my opinion it’s impossible to access method variable outside this method.
Correct me if i’m wrong but i see something like this:

function someFunction()
{
  //You want this variable to be edited in otherFunction();
  var x = value;
}
// and here you want to access variable x 
function otherFunction()
{
  x = otherValue;
}

If thats what you want then i think its not possible and you should do loke this:

//That's your variable that you can access within any method
var x : int = value;

function someFunction()
{
   x = otherValue;
}

function otherFunction()
{
  x = anotherValue;
}

Yes I think it would look like this as shown on script reference

    `// Calls the function ApplyDamage with a value of 5
SendMessage ("ApplyDamage", 5.0);

// Every script attached to the game object 
// that has a ApplyDamage function will be called.
function ApplyDamage (damage : float) {
	print (damage);
}`