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In computer science , a loop counter is a variable that controls how many repetitions the loop will do .
In -LSB- computer programming -RSB- a loop counter is the -LSB- variable ( programming ) -PIPE- variable -RSB- that controls the iterations of a loop ( a computer -LSB- programming language -RSB- construct ) .