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Quwan Lowery
Courses Plus Student 235 Pointswhy did he say int = 0?
Is it because 0 is the beginning and the beginning of executing a code always start at 0 when you trying to tell the sum of something and all other operators like multiplication, etc?
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J.D. Sandifer
18,813 PointsIt's a little hard to tell what you're asking because you left out the variable name.
If you're asking why int i = 0, then it's because array indexes start at 0 so that makes sense as the for loop is going through the array index by index. If you're asking why int sum = 0, then it's because yes, you want to start with 0 when you're going to sum a bunch of other numbers (e.g. from the array) so you get an accurate sum.