Index: ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c
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--- ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c
+++ ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c
@@ -1251,11 +1251,11 @@
       ** If the iCol argument to this function was negative, this means all
       ** columns of the FTS3 table. Otherwise, only column iCol is considered.
       */
       for(iRead=0; iRead<pTab->nColumn; iRead++){
         SnippetFragment sF = {0, 0, 0, 0};
-        int iS;
+        int iS = 0;
         if( iCol>=0 && iRead!=iCol ) continue;
 
         /* Find the best snippet of nFToken tokens in column iRead. */
         rc = fts3BestSnippet(nFToken, pCsr, iRead, mCovered, &mSeen, &sF, &iS);
         if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){