Some History Of I, J, And K

May 22

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I learned a little bit of geek history today.  A lot of us have used the variable I (or i rather) in our loops, and sometimes for nested loops we would use j and then k.  Do you know where that started?

Apparently it started in FORTRAN.  The variables i, j, and k were to be only used for integer type variables.  I am sure there is more to it than that but a quick search gave two different sources that confirm it.

Wikipedia

StackOverflow

I know this is nothing ground breaking or anything, I just thought it was something neat.

About SheldonS

Web developer for over 15 years mainly with Microsoft technologies from classic ASP to .NET 4. Husband, father, and aspiring amateur photographer.

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