Accessing location variable outside of locationmanager func?

class EditProfileViewController: UITableViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate, CLLocationManagerDelegate, UITextViewDelegate {

var manager:CLLocationManager = CLLocationManager()

override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        manager.delegate = self
        manager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
        if iOS8 {
            manager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
        }

        manager.startUpdatingLocation()
        aboutText.delegate = self
    }

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!, didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!) {
        if locations.count > 0 {
            self.manager.stopUpdatingLocation()
            let location = locations[0] as! CLLocation
            var currentLocation = PFGeoPoint(location: location)
        }
    }

    @IBAction func singlecomparepost(sender: AnyObject) {
post["location"] = currentLocation
post.saveInBackground()
}

Thats how my code is but i cant access "currentLocation" at the singlecomparepost function.Is there a way to set the location as a variable for the whole view controller?