# Final Variables The initializer of a `for` loop can also declare `final` variables. ```java ~void main() { int i = 0; for (final String name = "Bob"; i < 5; i++) { System.out.println(name + ": " + i); } ~} ``` This doesn't have much use with loops that track `int`s and `String`s, but if you are feeling clever you can use this ability along with arrays or other things you can change without reassigning a variable. ```java ~void main() { for (final char[] letters = { 'I', 'O', 'U' }; letters[0] != 'A';) { for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i++) { letters[i] -= 1; System.out.print(letters[i]); } System.out.println(); } // HNT // GMS // FLR // EKQ // DJP // CIO // BHN // AGM ~} ``` There aren't many reasons to do this, but it is in fact not against the law and I cannot stop you.