Unreferenced variable
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An unreferenced variable in the source code of a computer program is a variable that is defined but which is never used. This may result in a harmless waste of memory (unless the compiler used detects the situation and does not allocate storage for the variable, perhaps also issuing a warning). Some coding guideline documents consider an unreferenced variable to be a symptom of a potential coding fault.
[edit] Examples
C:
int main(void) { int i, j; for (i=0; i<10; i++) printf("%d", i); return 0; }
In this example, j is an unreferenced variable.