For purposes of Social Security disability benefits, a person with a disability must have a severe disability (or combination of disabilities) that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months or result in death, and which prevents working at a substantial gainful activity level.
The for loop. 8. A counter variable is used to control or keep track of the number of times a loop. iterates. In a loop, the counter is usually incremented or decremented. If the. counter variable is not properly initialized, it will not hold the correct number. 9. An accumulator is used to keep a running total of numbers. In a loop, a value is. usually added to the current value of the accumulator.
The simplest rule is to initialize all your variables (both static and instance variables) using field initializers. Whenever possible, this is the best practice. Of course, it's not always possible. Static initializers should be used only if there's no possibility that the initializer will throw an exception.