Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A programming pattern in which a variable is initialized before a loop and then updated (accumulated) within the loop body to compute a result such as a sum or count.
AP course connection
Topic 2.9: 2.9 Implementing Selection and Iteration Algorithms