Nested loop to render tiles in a grid

This code works but I'm not really sure if I wrote it good enough. It seems a bit vague but I can't really assess it properly. I'm particularly concerned with the xAxis variable. I don't like how I have to initialize it inside the first loop. I would rather have it next to yAxis. Is this a problem?

float yAxis = SPACE_BETWEEN_TILES;
float xAxis;

for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    xAxis = SPACE_BETWEEN_TILES;
    for(int v = 0; v < 3; v++) {
        shapeRenderer.rect(xAxis, yAxis, 10, 10);
        xAxis = TILE_WIDTH_AND_HEIGHT + xAxis;
    }
    yAxis = yAxis + TILE_WIDTH_AND_HEIGHT;
}

I think it is mostly fine as it is. I would declare variables at the level they are actually needed, not before. Also, xAxis = TILE_WIDTH_AND_HEIGHT + xAxis; can be written as xAxis += TILE_WIDTH_AND_HEIGHT.

i and v are not very good variable names (too short, and they don't fit together). What does v even stand for? vertical? In that case, I would use vertical and horizontal.

TILE_WIDTH_AND_HEIGHT would be shorter as TILE_DIMENSION.

You could restructure it like this if you want to:

for (int y = 0; y < 3; y++) {
        for (int x = 0; x < 3; x++) {
            shapeRenderer.rect(SPACE_BETWEEN_TILES + TILE_DIMENSION * x, SPACE_BETWEEN_TILES + TILE_DIMENSION * y, 10, 10);
        }
    }

The performance loss from transforming additions to multiplications should be fine in most cases.

StackExchange Code Review Q#82384, answer score: 7