diff --git a/c/qrcodegen.c b/c/qrcodegen.c
index 62fd04b..0aa39c9 100644
--- a/c/qrcodegen.c
+++ b/c/qrcodegen.c
@@ -633,8 +633,9 @@ static long getPenaltyScore(const uint8_t qrcode[]) {
 	// Adjacent modules in row having same color
 	for (int y = 0; y < qrsize; y++) {
 		bool color = false;
-		for (int x = 0, runX = -1; x < qrsize; x++) {
-			if (x == 0 || getModule(qrcode, x, y) != color) {
+		int runX = 0;
+		for (int x = 0; x < qrsize; x++) {
+			if (getModule(qrcode, x, y) != color) {
 				color = getModule(qrcode, x, y);
 				runX = 1;
 			} else {
@@ -649,8 +650,9 @@ static long getPenaltyScore(const uint8_t qrcode[]) {
 	// Adjacent modules in column having same color
 	for (int x = 0; x < qrsize; x++) {
 		bool color = false;
-		for (int y = 0, runY = -1; y < qrsize; y++) {
-			if (y == 0 || getModule(qrcode, x, y) != color) {
+		int runY = 0;
+		for (int y = 0; y < qrsize; y++) {
+			if (getModule(qrcode, x, y) != color) {
 				color = getModule(qrcode, x, y);
 				runY = 1;
 			} else {
diff --git a/cpp/QrCode.cpp b/cpp/QrCode.cpp
index 0d51cb6..7e71887 100644
--- a/cpp/QrCode.cpp
+++ b/cpp/QrCode.cpp
@@ -431,8 +431,9 @@ long QrCode::getPenaltyScore() const {
 	// Adjacent modules in row having same color
 	for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
 		bool color = false;
-		for (int x = 0, runX = -1; x < size; x++) {
-			if (x == 0 || module(x, y) != color) {
+		int runX = 0;
+		for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
+			if (module(x, y) != color) {
 				color = module(x, y);
 				runX = 1;
 			} else {
@@ -447,8 +448,9 @@ long QrCode::getPenaltyScore() const {
 	// Adjacent modules in column having same color
 	for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
 		bool color = false;
-		for (int y = 0, runY = -1; y < size; y++) {
-			if (y == 0 || module(x, y) != color) {
+		int runY = 0;
+		for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
+			if (module(x, y) != color) {
 				color = module(x, y);
 				runY = 1;
 			} else {
diff --git a/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java b/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
index fd73760..2e327b6 100644
--- a/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
+++ b/java/io/nayuki/qrcodegen/QrCode.java
@@ -598,8 +598,9 @@ public final class QrCode {
 		// Adjacent modules in row having same color
 		for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
 			boolean color = false;
-			for (int x = 0, runX = 0; x < size; x++) {
-				if (x == 0 || modules[y][x] != color) {
+			int runX = 0;
+			for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
+				if (modules[y][x] != color) {
 					color = modules[y][x];
 					runX = 1;
 				} else {
@@ -614,8 +615,9 @@ public final class QrCode {
 		// Adjacent modules in column having same color
 		for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
 			boolean color = false;
-			for (int y = 0, runY = 0; y < size; y++) {
-				if (y == 0 || modules[y][x] != color) {
+			int runY = 0;
+			for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
+				if (modules[y][x] != color) {
 					color = modules[y][x];
 					runY = 1;
 				} else {
diff --git a/javascript/qrcodegen.js b/javascript/qrcodegen.js
index fda02bd..18ae79e 100644
--- a/javascript/qrcodegen.js
+++ b/javascript/qrcodegen.js
@@ -429,8 +429,10 @@ var qrcodegen = new function() {
 			
 			// Adjacent modules in row having same color
 			for (var y = 0; y < size; y++) {
-				for (var x = 0, runX, color; x < size; x++) {
-					if (x == 0 || modules[y][x] != color) {
+				var color = false;
+				var runX = 0;
+				for (var x = 0; x < size; x++) {
+					if (modules[y][x] != color) {
 						color = modules[y][x];
 						runX = 1;
 					} else {
@@ -444,8 +446,10 @@ var qrcodegen = new function() {
 			}
 			// Adjacent modules in column having same color
 			for (var x = 0; x < size; x++) {
-				for (var y = 0, runY, color; y < size; y++) {
-					if (y == 0 || modules[y][x] != color) {
+				var color = false;
+				var runY = 0;
+				for (var y = 0; y < size; y++) {
+					if (modules[y][x] != color) {
 						color = modules[y][x];
 						runY = 1;
 					} else {
diff --git a/python/qrcodegen.py b/python/qrcodegen.py
index 9a1bcb4..1459644 100644
--- a/python/qrcodegen.py
+++ b/python/qrcodegen.py
@@ -464,8 +464,10 @@ class QrCode(object):
 		
 		# Adjacent modules in row having same color
 		for y in range(size):
+			color = False
+			runx = 0
 			for x in range(size):
-				if x == 0 or modules[y][x] != color:
+				if modules[y][x] != color:
 					color = modules[y][x]
 					runx = 1
 				else:
@@ -476,8 +478,10 @@ class QrCode(object):
 						result += 1
 		# Adjacent modules in column having same color
 		for x in range(size):
+			color = False
+			runy = 0
 			for y in range(size):
-				if y == 0 or modules[y][x] != color:
+				if modules[y][x] != color:
 					color = modules[y][x]
 					runy = 1
 				else:
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index e556b50..9a2c2ae 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ impl QrCode {
 			let mut color = false;
 			let mut runx: i32 = 0;
 			for x in 0 .. size {
-				if x == 0 || self.module(x, y) != color {
+				if self.module(x, y) != color {
 					color = self.module(x, y);
 					runx = 1;
 				} else {
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ impl QrCode {
 			let mut color = false;
 			let mut runy: i32 = 0;
 			for y in 0 .. size {
-				if y == 0 || self.module(x, y) != color {
+				if self.module(x, y) != color {
 					color = self.module(x, y);
 					runy = 1;
 				} else {
diff --git a/typescript/qrcodegen.ts b/typescript/qrcodegen.ts
index 199e151..45d5c1b 100644
--- a/typescript/qrcodegen.ts
+++ b/typescript/qrcodegen.ts
@@ -512,8 +512,10 @@ namespace qrcodegen {
 			
 			// Adjacent modules in row having same color
 			for (let y = 0; y < this.size; y++) {
-				for (let x = 0, runX = 0, color = false; x < this.size; x++) {
-					if (x == 0 || this.modules[y][x] != color) {
+				let color = false;
+				let runX = 0;
+				for (let x = 0; x < this.size; x++) {
+					if (this.modules[y][x] != color) {
 						color = this.modules[y][x];
 						runX = 1;
 					} else {
@@ -527,8 +529,10 @@ namespace qrcodegen {
 			}
 			// Adjacent modules in column having same color
 			for (let x = 0; x < this.size; x++) {
-				for (let y = 0, runY = 0, color = false; y < this.size; y++) {
-					if (y == 0 || this.modules[y][x] != color) {
+				let color = false;
+				let runY = 0;
+				for (let y = 0; y < this.size; y++) {
+					if (this.modules[y][x] != color) {
 						color = this.modules[y][x];
 						runY = 1;
 					} else {