public ArrayList getScope(String ID){
        ArrayList returnvars = null;
        ArrayList partreturn = null;
        String preffix = ID;
        String partpreffix = "";
        int index = 0;
        while (!(ID.length() == partpreffix.length())){
            int pos = preffix.indexOf(".",index);
            index = pos + 1;
            partpreffix = preffix.substring(pos-1);
            partreturn = SymbolTable.getVarDec(partpreffix);
            boolean addSymbols = returnvars.addAll(partreturn);
            partreturn = null;
        }
        return returnvars;
    }