mastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agowhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down134
arrow-up1500arrow-down1imagewhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eemastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squarePoob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoi is for index. j is simply the next letter and we’re too lazy to think up something meaningful
minus-squareDraughtGlobe@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoI always thought it stood for iterator
minus-squareindepndnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI sometimes use it for “item”, knowing full well its established meaning as index or iterator, because I’m a rebel.
i is for index. j is simply the next letter and we’re too lazy to think up something meaningful
I always thought it stood for iterator
I sometimes use it for “item”, knowing full well its established meaning as index or iterator, because I’m a rebel.
jndex
kndex
lndexi2?
ii
This is the real answer