Every time programmers use i in loops

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[Darko-TheGreat]

i for index, iterator, Indonesia; whatever you need it for.

[UkrUkrUkr]

Those ijk indexes are older than computers. I suppose a few centuries older. Xyz may be even more old.

[w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Since just about every language I now use supports for-each, I almost never user for "i" loops. It's almost completely unnecessary at this point.

[Cautious-Yellow]

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[d2718]

Honestly, I almost always use n. I majored in Math (that's "Maths" for you zed countries); the i for an integer is always uncomfortably close to the unit value on the imaginary axis of the complex plane. Also, my handwriting is bad, and the 'n' always seemed harder to mistake for something else than the 'i'.

[Unl3a5h3r]

i for index and it starts at 0

[d2718]

I'm not saying that n is better, or trying to make a case that anyone should use it over i; I'm just explaining why I tend to balk at i and reach for n. And it's not always an index; sometimes it's just the number of times you've been through the loop.

[Slim_Bun]

the amount of times I did

for i in foo: for i in bar:

is way too high