potVal not defined aswell as other parts of code looking invalid

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im new to Arduino and think this is awesome stuff thanks in advance for the help. here I have a code copied from DFrobot workshop for their me arm project. it appears no codes are free! when I compile the code I get potVal does not name a type. ive been looking and reading to the point that now im just more confused I know its easy but im still stuck. I think 'potval(0 , 1023) needs to be up in the declarations area? also there are other terms in the loop that I think are going to be a similar issue with other codes in the loop section. I hope someone can clear this up.

/*
  Basic Robot Arm Controller
  robot-arm-control-basic.ino
  Controls 5 DOF Robot Arm, uses Arduino Nano and PCA9685 PWM Controller
  Uses Adafruit PWM library
  Uses 5 potentiometers for input (can be modified for 6)

  DroneBot Workshop 2018
  https://dronebotworkshop.com
*/

// Include Wire Library for I2C Communications
#include <Wire.h>

// Include Adafruit PWM Library
#include <Adafruit_PWMServoDriver.h>

#define MIN_PULSE_WIDTH       650
#define MAX_PULSE_WIDTH       2350
#define FREQUENCY             50

Adafruit_PWMServoDriver pwm = Adafruit_PWMServoDriver();

// Define Potentiometer Inputs

int controlBase = A0;
int controlElbow = A1;
int controlWrist = A2;
int controlPivot = A3;
int controlJaws = A6;

// Define Motor Outputs on PCA9685 board

int motorBase = 0;
int motorElbow = 1;
int motorWrist = 2;
int motorPivot = 3;
int motorJaws = 4;

// Define Motor position variables
int mtrDegreeBase;
int mtrDegreeElbow;
int mtrDegreeWrist;
int mtrDegreePivot;
int mtrDegreeJaws;

void setup() 
{
  // Setup PWM Controller object
  pwm.begin();
  pwm.setPWMFreq(FREQUENCY);
}

// Function to move motor to specific position
void moveMotorDeg(int moveDegree, int motorOut)
{
  int pulse_wide, pulse_width;

  // Convert to pulse width
  pulse_wide = map(moveDegree, 0, 180, MIN_PULSE_WIDTH, MAX_PULSE_WIDTH);
  pulse_width = int(float(pulse_wide) / 1000000 * FREQUENCY * 4096);
  
  //Control Motor
  pwm.setPWM(motorOut, 0, pulse_width);
}

// Function to convert potentiometer position into servo angle
int getDegree(int controlIn);

  int potVal,srvDegree;
  
  // Read values from potentiometer
    potVal = analogRead(controlIn);
  
  // Calculate angle in degrees
  srvDegree = map(potVal,  0, 1023, 0, 180);
  
  // Return angle in degrees
  return srvDegree;
  
}

void loop() {

  //Control Base Motor
  
  // Get desired position
  mtrDegreeBase = getDegree(controlBase);
  // Move motor
  moveMotorDeg(mtrDegreeBase,motorBase);
  
  
  //Control Elbow Motor
  
  // Get desired position
  mtrDegreeElbow = getDegree(controlElbow);
  // Move motor
  moveMotorDeg(mtrDegreeElbow,motorElbow);
  
  
  //Control Wrist Motor
  
  // Get desired position
  mtrDegreeWrist = getDegree(controlWrist);
  // Move motor
  moveMotorDeg(mtrDegreeWrist,motorWrist);
  
  
  //Control Pivot Motor
  
  // Get desired position
  mtrDegreePivot = getDegree(controlPivot);
  // Move motor
  moveMotorDeg(mtrDegreePivot,motorPivot);
  
  
  //Control Jaws Motor
  
  // Get desired position
  mtrDegreeJaws = getDegree(controlJaws);
  // Move motor
  moveMotorDeg(mtrDegreeJaws,motorJaws);

 
  // Add short delay
  delay(20);

}

thank you im sleepy and burned out so I apologize for any descrepencies. I had to use a forum to use this forum! and also id like to hear another description of how the syntax is ordered.

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Only one tiny problem:

int getDegree(int controlIn);

  int potVal,srvDegree;

should be

int getDegree(int controlIn)
{
  int potVal,srvDegree;

Then it compiles.

I don't know exactly where you got that code but it was correct in several sites I looked at.

Steve