Arrays's

Hi, im trying to understand, HOW the HELL does a become i, in this line of code, someone please exlain what a[i] comes from..

i cannot make sense of this, and its stopping my work.

/* fill array */
for (i=0; i < MAX; i++)
{
a[i]=rand();
printf("%d\n",a[i]);
}

theres an int called i

and an array called a[5] but where does a[i] come from??????

thanks

im confused

the shortlink is here http://computer.howstuffworks.com/c4.htm

thanks

greg

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