# Simple for loop question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-for-loop-question/271042>\
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**Created:** [September 17, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-for-loop-question/271042 "2008-09-17T17:54:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9d8465/32.png) [@zoink](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zoink)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-for-loop-question/271042/1 "2008-09-17T17:54:10Z")

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for (var j:uint; j\<2; j++)  
{  
for (var i:uint; i\<4; i++)  
{

```
        trace("i " + i);
        trace("j " + j);
    }
    
    
}

```

the output is only i0 j0, i1 j0, i2 j0, i3 j0…  
Why isn’t my j increasing?