basic string scope in std namespace

[ryanmills]

I have a simple script but I am missing how vars are used. I get the compile error "error: ‘the_string’ was not declared in this scope" on the line that has " cout << the_string;"

Whats the correct way to access "the_string".

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    bool test1 = false;
    if(test1)
    {
        string the_string("its true");
    }else{
        string the_string("its false");
    }

    cout << the_string;
    return 0;
}