Problem with accelStepper, coding and processing

groundFungus:

void headToPoint(int x, int y) {

long theta = atan2(y, x);
    long thetaPos;    // declare an uninitialized local variable
    long thetaDiff = theta - thetaPos;



What is the value of thetaPos after it is declared?

thetaPos = theta;
Isn't it correct? thetaPos stores the value of theta in the end of the function.