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Oliver Palmer
1,774 PointsWhy 'i' for the variable name?
Ashley uses 'i' for the variable name here...
Why 'i' in particular? Does it stand for something?
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Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,838 PointsNot sure what the code is that you're referencing, but generally, i means index... It's common practice to use i as a variable in loops, where each iteration holds the current index.
Chris Freeman
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Treehouse Moderator 68,425 Points...and then by extension, j, k, etc. are also used as looping indexes.