Panda Quests Posted on Jun 9, 2020 Why are i and j so commonly used as variables in programming? #codenewbie #programming #curious Top comments (1) Subscribe Personal Trusted User Create template Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Submit Preview Dismiss Collapse Expand Emmy | Pixi Emmy | Pixi Emmy | Pixi Follow Currently: Looking for work 👀 Previously: Shopify Location FL Education Flatiron School Pronouns they/them Work Developer at Shopify Joined Dec 3, 2018 • Jun 9 '20 Dropdown menu Copy link Hide AFAIK, i is a popular choice when iterating over things because it's short for index. And I guess j for nested iterations because it's next in the alphabet 🤷🏼♂️ Code of Conduct • Report abuse Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well Confirm For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
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AFAIK,
i
is a popular choice when iterating over things because it's short forindex
. And I guessj
for nested iterations because it's next in the alphabet 🤷🏼♂️