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There is no official name for a variable used in a loop because it depends on how it is used and what it is used for. For instance, it could be a state, pointer, iterator, index, counter, flag, variable, etc. Each of these might have a more verbose name and can be used in a different capacity. Other than that, you could refer to it by "the variable used ...
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