title: Origin for the naming of the for loop 'i' variable
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4137785/why-are-variables-i-and-j-used-for-counters">Why are variables &ldquo;i&rdquo; and &ldquo;j&rdquo; used for counters?</a>  </p>
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  <p>Maybe a stupid unmeaningful question, but I'm just curious.</p>
  
  <p>The 'i' variable probably denotes a shortcut for 'index' or 'iterator' and it seems common sense to call it like that.</p>
  
  <p>I tried googling a bit about it, to try to find some indication that somebody cleaver in the early stage of programming denoted this as a 'convention' for an 'sporadic' iterator variable name, and others started using it.</p>
  
  <p>However did not find anything...</p>
  
  <p>Possibly the world of early programmers came to this convention by common sense and it become a defacto standard nowadays?</p>