--- branches/development/src/perturbations/ElectricField.cpp	2013/02/20 15:39:39	1850
+++ branches/development/src/perturbations/ElectricField.cpp	2013/05/17 14:41:42	1875
@@ -72,20 +72,17 @@ namespace OpenMD {
     Molecule::AtomIterator  j;
     Molecule* mol;
     Atom* atom;
-    AtomType* atype;
     potVec longRangePotential(0.0);
     Vector3d dip;
     Vector3d trq;
     Vector3d EFfrc;				
     Vector3d pos;
-    RealType chrg;
-    RealType pot, fieldPot;
-    RealType chrgToKcal = 23.0609;
-    RealType debyeToKcal = 4.8018969509;
-    bool isCharge;
 
     if (doElectricField) {
-      fieldPot = 0.0;
+      const RealType chrgToKcal = 23.0609;
+      const RealType debyeToKcal = 4.8018969509;
+      RealType pot;
+      RealType fieldPot = 0.0;
 
       for (mol = info_->beginMolecule(i); mol != NULL; 
            mol = info_->nextMolecule(i)) {      
@@ -93,10 +90,10 @@ namespace OpenMD {
 	for (atom = mol->beginAtom(j); atom != NULL;
 	     atom = mol->nextAtom(j)) {
 
-	  isCharge = false;
-	  chrg = 0.0;
+	  bool isCharge = false;
+	  RealType chrg = 0.0;
           
-          atype = atom->getAtomType();
+          AtomType* atype = atom->getAtomType();
           
           if (atype->isElectrostatic()) {
             atom->addElectricField(EF * chrgToKcal);