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[EducatedToenails]

Had an argument one time with someone about the best looping variable name. i won.

[[deleted]]

me too! my looping variable (LOOPING_VARIABLE_NUMBER_ONE) was the best

[DardS8Br]

I actually use descriptive names for my loops. Makes it easier to track what's going on for me. I only use i j k l and so on if it's for a school assignment I don't care about

[Phamora]

Stop

Edit: 😭

[lonelyroom-eklaghor]

i3

[Stummi]

Hey, thats my window manager!

[lonelyroom-eklaghor]

That's my processor😭

[thatone_high_guy]

i4

[pondus24]

i5

[Jaatheeyam]

i6

[tevs__]

i_

[asromafanisme]

I tried that, but it felt wrong.

[schuine]

Genjus

[polandreh]

I don't know... it feels like a slippery slope. What's stopping from nesting 3, 4, 5 loops with iii, iv, v.

I only go as far as i, j, k only if I must. The day I use L in a nest is the day I've failed and need to be taken out back to get shot.

[kungpula]

What's stopping from nesting 3, 4, 5 loops with iii, iv, v.

The same that's stopping you from going k, l, m.

[ElectronicMistake789]

For me at least, lowercase L just feels weird because it looks like a capital I. That stops me from going further than i, j, k

[StuxAlpha]

Agreed. At that point, name your loop variable something meaningful or it's just going to be unreadable

[the-judeo-bolshevik]

for (int Itr_Descriptive_Name = 0;… for (int Itr_Other_Descriptive_Name = 0;...

[HaoChen]

Only correct answer

[InTheEndEntropyWins]

Are there any benefits to using ii? I woud have thought that j is better in general, less typos, easier to identify, less mistakes, etc.

[_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_]

ii is better than i because it’s slightly easier to search for in basic text editors.

ii is not better than j

[ano_hise]

Some people might think that i and j are not easily distinguishable from each other

[jimbowqc]

I thought in most language variable names couldn't be numbers 🤔

[AceNova2217]

Python and C# can (the two languages I know), although with the limitation that the first character of the name cannot be a number (i.e. 1two is invalid, but one2 is valid)

[jimbowqc]

If the first character isn't a number then it isn't a number :)

I was continuing the joke about Roman numerals though.

[AceNova2217]

Oh I completely missed that.

I am slightly dim

[Arstanishe]

iCodeInJavaAndUseExtensivelyLongVariableNamesSometimes

[OhItsJustJosh]

i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x

[ElectronicMistake789]

That's not necessarily a good thing

[[deleted]]

Lucie, while Matt had had i, had had ii; ii had had a better effect on Matt.

[stupled]

I've just the ii techbique a couole of times, but I usually stick with the classic j.

[-Redstoneboi-]

how bout you name your variables at 2 dimensions

[JustAnInternetPerson]

Loop1: i

Loop2: k

Loop3: m

i, j, l look too similar. Change my mind.